Boatswain�s Mate 1st Class Kenneth Smoulcey pipes arrival honors as Rear Adm. Robert T. Moeller arrives for his Change of Command ceremony.
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San Diego, Calif. (Aug. 06, 2004) Boatswains Mate 1st Class Kenneth Smoulcey from Marlborough, N.Y., pipes arrival honors as Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group One (CCDG-1), Rear Adm. Robert T. Moeller arrives for his Change of Command ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Rear Adm. Moeller is being relieved by Rear Adm. Robert J. Cox. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Kitt Amaritnant File# 040806-N-8148A-034
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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