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Rain clouds loom overhead as the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ship JS Haruna (DDH 141) pulls alongside the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a passing exercise (PASSEX).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 17, 2007) Rain clouds loom overhead as the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ship JS Haruna (DDH 141) pulls alongside the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a passing exercise (PASSEX). The PASSEX involved conducting a mock fueling at sea (FAS) as well as other maritime drills aimed at enhancing Japan's maritime defense abilities. Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are underway in support of operations in the western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Scott File# 070317-N-1635S-001
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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