In the United States Navy, these ships are designated with hull classification symbols such as CV (Aircraft Carrier), CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier), CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier), CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier), CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier), CVS (Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier) and CVN (Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Propulsion)).

2025年2月27日 · Aircraft carriers support and operate aircraft that engage in attacks on airborne, afloat and ashore targets that threaten free use of the sea and engage in sustained power projection operations...

2024年6月22日 · It's why the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the oldest aircraft carrier still in service. The United States is in the process of replacing the Nimitz-class carriers with its new Ford-class aircraft...

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the United States Navy's third Nimitz-class supercarrier. She is named for Carl Vinson (1883–1981), a congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. Navy.

2020年10月30日 · So where do aircraft carriers get the designation CVN, as in the USS Gerald Ford CVN-78? The C is for carrier, and the N means it’s a nuclear-powered ship. The V, well, that’s not that simple.

2011年4月23日 · Aircraft Carriers - CV/CVN Aircraft carriers and their embarked air wings are the most important weapons systems in the Navy. These large ships never operate alone but as core of a carrier battle group that consists of cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines which safeguard the carrier.

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy. She was launched on 29 October 2019, and christened on 7 December 2019.

2024年12月19日 · The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, and CVN-82 are the first five ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).

Nimitz class - CVN : INFO - Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier / CVN : CVN 68 USS Nimitz (1975) + image page 2 / + image page 3 CVN 69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (1977) + image page 2 / + image page 3 CVN 70 USS Carl Vinson (1982) + image page 2 / + image page 3 CVN 71 USS Theodore Roosevelt (1986) + image page 2 CVN 72 USS Abraham Lincoln (1989) + image page 2 / + image page 3

CV and CVN replaced CVA and CVAN on 30 June 1975 to designate the multimission character of aircraft carriers after the decommissioning of the last CVS in 1974. During World War II (7 December...