A deck seaman clutches a safety line during a replenishment at sea (RAS) between the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7).
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Persian Gulf (Mar. 11, 2006) A deck seaman clutches a safety line during a replenishment at sea (RAS) between the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently on a deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Christine Singh File# 060311-N-7711S-279
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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