21 photos that show just how imposing US aircraft carriers are

USS Nimitz conducts an aerial demonstration.

An aircraft director guides an F/A-18C Hornet onto a catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Strait of Hormuz.

Sailors scrub down the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).

Sailors man the rails of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while departing Naval Base Coronado (NBC).

USS George H.W. Bush is underway.

PCU Gerald R. Ford is floated for the first time.

Blue Angels fly over USS George H.W. Bush in the Atlantic ocean.

USS John C. Stennis conducts flight operations.

Sailors man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) enters Pearl Harbor.

USS Carl Vinson is underway in the Arabian Gulf.

Sailors observe as the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis sails alongside the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), center-right, leads the George Washington Carrier Strike Group.

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan transports Sailors’ vehicles.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departs San Francisco.

21 photos that show just how imposing US aircraft carriers are

F/A-18 Hornets demonstrate air power over the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Strait of Hormuz.

USS Enterprise is underway with the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

USS Abraham Lincoln and USS John C. Stennis join for a turnover of responsibility in the Arabian Sea.