On board the US Navy (USN) NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier, USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), USN Photographers Mate Third Class (PH3) Elizabeth Thompson, views a televised news release informing the nation that former US President Ronald Reagan passed away

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On board the US Navy (USN) NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier, USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), USN Photographers Mate Third Class (PH3) Elizabeth Thompson, views a televised news release informing the nation that former US President Ronald Reagan passed away

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Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kathleen Gorby, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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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.

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