Lt. Cmdr. Brad Donnely embraces his newborn son and daughter upon returning from a three-month surge deployment on board USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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CORONADO, Calif. (Apr. 20, 2007) Lt. Cmdr. Brad Donnely embraces his newborn son and daughter upon returning from a three-month surge deployment on board USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is returning from a surge deployment to the western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shannon K. Cassidy File# 070420-N-9604C-004
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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