CVN

Noun

Meaning

CVN (plural CVNs)

(military, US) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Examples

ARABIAN SEA – Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Richard Wood, from Dunn, North Carolina, operates a capstan aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea Jan. Source: Internet

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Adrian Noceda, from Ridgecrest, Calif., takes a sample for testing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), March 27, 2020. Source: Internet

In the early 80's, my brother took me on a Tiger cruise on CVN 69 Eisenhower. Source: Internet

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is expected to receive its "USS" designation when it is formally commissioned in 2022, and is currently referred to as CVN 79. Source: Internet

The award is a modification to a previously awarded contract for the shipbuilding company in Newport News, Va., to shift delivery strategy for the CVN 79 from the originally planned two phases to one phase. Source: Internet

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) on deployment to the Western Pacific. Source: Internet

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