Sailors tighten a bundle of cargo nets aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 29, 2011) Logistics Specialist Seaman Jake Abbate, from Tempe, Ariz., and Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Jordan Stigler, from Waterloo, Iowa, tighten a bundle of cargo nets aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a vertical replenishment. Ronald Reagan is providing humanitarian assistance to Japan as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Holt) File# 110329-N-OR996-044
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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