USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Commanding Officer, Capt. Terry B. Kraft, addresses the crew during captain�s call on the flight deck of Ronald Reagan.
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CORONADO, Calif. (Apr. 26, 2007) USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Commanding Officer, Capt. Terry B. Kraft, addresses the crew during captains call on the flight deck of Ronald Reagan. During captain's call, Kraft was presented with the 2007 First Place Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award for General Mess Aircraft Category. The Ney award is a prestigious award given to Navy vessels for food service excellence and is just one of many awards the Ronald Reagan has received this year. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac File# 070426-N-3659B-023
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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