The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a routine port visit. John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment in the western Pacific Ocean.
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PEARL HARBOR (May. 28, 2009) The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a routine port visit. John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment in the western Pacific Ocean supporting global maritime security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup) File# 090528-N-3666S-054
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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