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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) cruises through the calm waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean (Oct. 19, 2004) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) cruises through the calm waters of the Pacific Ocean. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are on a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Charlie Whetstine File# 041019-N-7732W-113
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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