On the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Sailors fire live rounds into the sea during a 12-guage-shotgun familiarization firing exercise.
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Persian Gulf (Mar. 21, 2006) On the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Sailors fire live rounds into the sea during a 12-guage-shotgun familiarization firing exercise. Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently on a deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Aaron Burden File# 060321-N-7130B-009
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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