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Side boys render honors as the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney is piped aboard for the commissioning of the Navy�s newest Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

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Side boys render honors as the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney is piped aboard for the commissioning of the Navy�s newest Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

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Norfolk, Va. (Jul. 12, 2003) Side boys render honors as the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney is piped aboard for the commissioning of the Navys newest Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) aboard Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Ronald Reagan is named after the 40th President of the United States, and is the ninth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The ships motto is Peace Through Strength a phrase coined by President Reagan who is widely credited for bring an end to the Cold War, and rebuilding the U.S. military. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class David McManaway. File# 030712-N-4810M-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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12/07/2003 - 12/07/2003
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