Quartermaster Seaman Heather Braggs, from Memphis, uses a stadimeter to measure distance from the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a replenishment-at-sea.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2013) Quartermaster Seaman Heather Braggs, from Memphis, uses a stadimeter to measure distance from the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Canadian navy auxiliary replenishment oiler HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509). Ronald Reagan is underway conducting engineering exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Black) File# 131018-N-AV746-053
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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