The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway off the coast of Rio de Janeiro participating in Southern Seas 2010.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 03, 2010) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway off the coast of Rio de Janeiro participating in Southern Seas 2010. The exercise is a major component of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Partnership of the Americas maritime engagement strategy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael C. Barton) File# 100302-N-8878B-269
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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