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Family and friends await the arrival of their loved ones aboard the Navy's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif. (Jul. 23, 2004) Family and friends await the arrival of their loved ones aboard the Navy's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Navy's newest and most technologically advanced aircraft carrier is completing a two month transit from Norfolk, Va., reaching her permanent homeport in San Diego. Homeporting celebrations included various dignitaries like former First Lady Nancy Reagan, members of Congress, state officials and celebrities. The ship, commanded by Capt. James A. Symonds, was commissioned in July 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas File# 040723-N-2385R-001
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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