Sea Hawk helicopters take off from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to transport food and humanitarian assistance supplies.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2011) Sea Hawk helicopters take off from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to transport food and humanitarian assistance supplies. Ronald Reagan is operating off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian assistance as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Patricia R. Totemeier) File# 110319-N-FX485-137
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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