A US Navy (USN) Sailor from"The Storm,"a Gospel Choir, perform for the crew and their families in the hangar bay of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) during a Tiger Cruise. Tiger Cruise is provided for family members and friends of the crew to give them an opportunity to experience life at sea for a week

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.