Former First Lady Nancy Reagan listens to Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Eric Bourbonnais, while instructing her on the safe use of personal safety equipment prior to boarding aircraft bound for USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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San Diego, Calif. (Jul. 23, 2004) Former First Lady Nancy Reagan listens to Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Eric Bourbonnais, while instructing her on the safe use of personal safety equipment prior to boarding aircraft bound for USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Mrs. Reagan will make her first public appearance since the passing of President Ronald W. Reagan while honoring his namesake ship during a homeporting celebration at Naval Air Station North Island July 23rd. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Kleynia R. McKnight File# 040723-N-2636M-024
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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