Sailors secure cargo pendants to ordnance containers on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during an ammunition offload with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10).
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 18, 2016) Sailors secure cargo pendants to ordnance containers on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during an ammunition offload with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 flagship, is on patrol supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Burke) File# 161118-N-OI810-594
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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