With the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) as a backdrop family and friends await the crew of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) [not shown] during homecoming celebrations at Pier 14 onboard Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA). The CARL VINSON is completing a deployment to the Persian Gulf and a homeport shift from NS Bremerton, at Naval Base Kitsap, Washington (WA) to Norfolk, Virginia (VA), where she is scheduled to undergo a 36-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at the Northrop Grumman Newport News Ship Yard
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Base: Naval Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: CVN-70
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Sw) Arlo K. Abrahamson, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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