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Quartermaster 3rd Class Steven Van plays his saxophone in the hangar bay to relax aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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Persian Gulf (Apr. 25, 2006) Quartermaster 3rd Class Steven Van plays his saxophone in the hangar bay to relax aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently deployed as part of a routine rotation of U.S. maritime forces in support of the global war on terrorism, as well as conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kathleen Gorby File# 060425-N-4776G-001
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.
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