Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and Commander, Strike Force Training Pacific
Summary
SAN DIEGO (Apr. 28, 2010) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and Commander, Strike Force Training Pacific compete during the Spring League Naval Air Station North Island championship basketball game. The Ronald Reagan team won with a final score of 57 to 54 in their second consecutive championship in the league. Ronald Reagan is pierside in San Diego while undergoing routine inport maintenance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Benjamin C. Jernigan) File# 100428-N-7605J-240
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.