Aerial bow view of the U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) as it shows off its freshly painted gold anchors on Oct. 25, 2006 after being awarded the"Golden Anchor Award"for retention excellence for 2006. The REAGAN is currently conducting training squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Sarah Foster) (Released)

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Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Sarah Foster, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carriers

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.