Pallbearers of the Ceremonial Honor Guard carry the casket of retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale during a memorial service held aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

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Pallbearers of the Ceremonial Honor Guard carry the casket of retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale during a memorial service held aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

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San Diego (Jul. 16, 2005) Pallbearers of the Ceremonial Honor Guard carry the casket of retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale during a memorial service held aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Hundreds of friends, family members and shipmates gathered to remember the former prisoner of war and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who passed away July 5 in Coronado, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Christopher D. Blachly File# 050716-N-0555B-033

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.