Deck Department personnel washes down an anchor chain from the foc'sle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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South China Sea (Jun. 13, 2006) Deck Department personnel washes down an anchor chain from the foc'sle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism as well as conducting Maritime Security Operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Christine Singh File# 060613-N-7711S-273
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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