U.S. Navy Sailors"man the rails"of the flight deck, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) as the ship gets underway from San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2007. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class John P. Curtis) (Released)
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Base: San Diego
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)
Scene Camera Operator: MC2 John P. Curtis, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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