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Sideboys greet Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet Adm. Gary Roughead aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

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Sideboys greet Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet Adm. Gary Roughead aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

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BREMERTON, Wash. (Mar. 07, 2007) Sideboys greet Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet Adm. Gary Roughead aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Roughead spoke with Lincoln Sailors about the at-sea to in-port rotation of operational ships within his area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick M. Bonafede File# 070307-N-1229B-006

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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07/03/2007 - 07/03/2007
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BREMERTON, Wash.
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U.S. NAVY
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