The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits Elliott Bay with the Seattle skyline in the background as it gets underway.
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MANCHESTER, Wash. (Nov. 03, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits Elliott Bay with the Seattle skyline in the background as it gets underway from Naval Base Kitsap's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Stennis is underway conducting training as it continues preparing for its next scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Vaughan Dill) File# 171103-N-SH284-192
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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