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Sailors stationed aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) stand a .50 cal watch as the ship passes through the Suez Canal.
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Suez Canal (Feb. 15, 2006) Sailors stationed aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) stand a .50 cal watch as the ship passes through the Suez Canal. The 100-mile Suez Canal connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway on a regularly scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Javier Capella File# 060215-N-0685C-011
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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