The Honor Guard presents arms prior to rendering honors during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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Pacific Ocean (Jun. 03, 2006) The Honor Guard presents arms prior to rendering honors during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is currently conducting carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ron Reeves File# 060602-N-0684R-075
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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