Fire Controlmen stationed aboard the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) prepare to receive a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Sea Sparrow Missile System casing .
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Pacific Ocean (May. 29, 2005) Fire Controlmen stationed aboard the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) prepare to receive a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Sea Sparrow Missile System casing from the flight deck to the missile launch platform. The nuclear powered ship is currently underway conducting routine carrier operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kevin S. O'Brien File# 050529-N-5549O-096
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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