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Two boatswain's mates assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) prepare for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell (WPB 1322) to pull up to its stern dock.
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Persian Gulf, (Mar. 08, 2006) Two boatswain's mates assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) prepare for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell (WPB 1322) to pull up to its stern dock. Wrangell came alongside the Navy's newest aircraft carrier to have a photograph taken and to take in the view of the launching and recovery of aircraft. Both Reagan and Wrangell 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 Airman Kathleen Gorby File# 060308-N-4776G-108
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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