Sailors raise the jackstaff on the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) after cleaning salt water spray off the ship to prevent corrosion.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 14, 2010) Sailors raise the jackstaff on the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) after cleaning salt water spray off the ship to prevent corrosion. Ronald Reagan is underway preparing for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd) File# 101114-N-5503T-037
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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