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Lt. Cmdr. David Craig, of Brilliant, Ohio, performs a root canal on his patient.
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Newport News, Va. (Mar. 24, 2004) Lt. Cmdr. David Craig, of Brilliant, Ohio, performs a root canal on his patient, Machinist Mate 2nd Class Ben Farrell, of
St. Paul, Minn., aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Navy's newest nuclear powered aircraft carrier is preparing to leave for her new homeport in San Diego, Calif., and is undergoing a six-month Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) period at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Konstandinos Goumenidis. File# 040324-N-8213G-148
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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