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Sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) man the rail as she departs Naval Air Station North Island.
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Coronado, Calif. (Jan. 04, 2006) Sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) man the rail as she departs Naval Air Station North Island. More then 5,500 Sailors from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group deployed today in support of the global war on terrorism and maritime security operations. This will be the maiden deployment for the Navy's newest Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Gregory S. Cleghorne File# 060104-N-6633C-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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