Capt. Christopher Bolt explains ship operations to Hiroyasu Izumi, minister plenipotentiary and deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy, along with other Japanese dignitaries during a ship tour.

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Capt. Christopher Bolt explains ship operations to Hiroyasu Izumi, minister plenipotentiary and deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy, along with other Japanese dignitaries during a ship tour.

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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 24, 2015) Capt. Christopher Bolt, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), explains ship operations to Hiroyasu Izumi, minister plenipotentiary and deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy, along with other Japanese dignitaries during a ship tour. Ronald Reagan is the Navy's newest forward-deployed aircraft carrier currently moored at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke) File# 150824-N-OI810-198

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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.