Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Mason Adams, left, from Boise, Idaho, and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Tabitha Prine, from Jacksonville, Fla., fold the national ensign.

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Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Mason Adams, left, from Boise, Idaho, and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Tabitha Prine, from Jacksonville, Fla., fold the national ensign.

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SAN DIEGO (Mar. 10, 2014) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Mason Adams, left, from Boise, Idaho, and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Tabitha Prine, from Jacksonville, Fla., fold the national ensign after performing evening colors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is at homeport at Naval Base Coronado. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Estes) File# 140310-N-BQ948-118

Carriers

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.