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Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Margarita Melgoza, from Los Fresnos, Texas, bends sheet metal using a fingerbreak aboard the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 19, 2015) Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Margarita Melgoza, from Los Fresnos, Texas, bends sheet metal using a fingerbreak aboard the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Lee) File# 151119-N-WA997-118
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.
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