Sailors fire Beretta M9 9mm pistols at targets during a small-arms qualification aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2008) Sailors fire Beretta M9 9mm pistols at targets during a small-arms qualification aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are conducting carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aaron Holt File# 080319-N-4005H-085
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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