Seaman Jon Blankenship stands watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 08, 2010) Seaman Jon Blankenship stands watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195). This is George H.W. Bush's first underway replenishment. George H.W. Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting a flight deck certification. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall) File# 100208-N-3885H-128
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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