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Sailors wave American Flags as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) enter its homeport at Naval Air Station North Island.
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Coronado, Calif. (Jul. 06, 2006) Sailors wave American Flags as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) enter its homeport at Naval Air Station North Island to complete her maiden deployment. Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are completing a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism and maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Valcarcel File# 060706-N-9689V-056
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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