Secretary of the Navy Gordon England reflects on the life of retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale during a memorial service.
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San Diego (Jul. 16, 2005) Secretary of the Navy Gordon England reflects on the life of retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale during a memorial service held aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Hundreds of friends, family members and shipmates gathered to remember the former prisoner of war and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who died July 5 in Coronado, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Christopher D. Blachly File# 050716-N-0555B-137
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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