An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9), hovers over the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the two ships conduct a replenishment-at-sea.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 04, 2018) An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9), hovers over the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the two ships conduct a replenishment-at-sea during exercise Keen Sword 19. Keen Sword is a joint, bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of the Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brandon Martin) File# 181104-N-WS915-0122
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.