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Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) perform check-in procedures in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).
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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 12, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) perform check-in procedures in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, are conducting a hull-swap with Ronald Reagan after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Clemente A. Lynch) File# 150812-N-YB023-034
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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