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Left to right, Fire Team Leader, Damage Controlmen 3rd Class Brandon Gilchrist; Nozzleman Eric Staley; and Hoseman Andrew Tomac, respond to a fire casualty.
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Newport News, Va. (Mar. 20, 2004) Left to right, Fire Team Leader, Damage Controlmen 3rd Class Brandon Gilchrist; Nozzleman Eric Staley; and Hoseman Andrew Tomac, respond to a fire casualty aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The ship is undergoing a six-month Post Shakedown Availability period at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. before leaving for her new homeport in San Diego, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kitt Amaritnant. File# 040320-N-8148A-029
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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