USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) turns starboard and away from USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) after conducting an underway replenishment simultaneously with USS George Washington (CVN 73).
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Indian Ocean (Feb. 27, 2004) The guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) turns starboard and away from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) after conducting an underway replenishment simultaneously with the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based ships are on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Andrew Morrow. File# 040227-N-7871M-141
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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