t. Frederick Rumford explains x-ray results to Machinist Mate 1st Class Tyrone Perriott during a dental examination.
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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 24, 2010) Lt. Frederick Rumford explains x-ray results to Machinist Mate 1st Class Tyrone Perriott during a dental examination aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is at homeport in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shawn J. Stewart) File# 100824-N-1004S-149
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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