Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Eyob Adera cleans the lower rails of a catapult on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 17, 2015) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Eyob Adera, from San Jose, California, cleans the lower rails of a catapult on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke) File# 151217-N-OI810-023
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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