The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) gets under way from Pier 12 on board Naval Station Norfolk.

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Norfolk, Va. (Oct. 18, 2005) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) gets under way from Pier 12 on board Naval Station Norfolk. Eisenhower completed a three-year refueling and complex overhaul in March and this will be her first under way period since completing the repairs. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Laura A. Moore File# 051018-N-6639M-002

Carriers

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.