Sailors scrub the flight deck with aqueous film forming foam.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 29, 2010) Sailors scrub the flight deck with aqueous film forming foam during a scrub exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is transiting to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash., after successfully completing pilot carrier qualifications for fleet replacement squadrons. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Timothy Aguirre) File# 100329-N-3707A-114
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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