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The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is anchored off the coast of Naples, Italy, for a scheduled port visit.
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TYRRHENIAN SEA (Nov. 01, 2013) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is anchored off the coast of Naples, Italy, for a scheduled port visit. Nimitz is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Phil Ladouceur) File# 131101-N-DX349-001
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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