U.S. Navy Machinist Mate Fireman Andrew Westermire, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), helps local Ken Tine clear his driveway in Pass Christian.
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Pass Christian, Miss. (Oct. 26, 2005) U.S. Navy Machinist Mate Fireman Andrew Westermire, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), helps local Ken Tine clear his driveway in Pass Christian of debris left by Hurricane Katrina. Sailors assigned to Stennis have volunteered to join with the Stennis Space Center near Biloxi, Miss., to provide relief work along the battered Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Jon Hyde File# 051026-N-3729H-046
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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