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Central Atlantic (Apr. 14, 2000) The aircaft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) shown transiting the Atlantic Ocean on its way to start a six-month deployment to the Eastern Mediterranean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class David E. Carter II. File# 000414-N-7750C-004
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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