Signal Flags are flown attached to the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in preparation for the ships christening.

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Signal Flags are flown attached to the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in preparation for the ships christening.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Nov. 05, 2013) Signal Flags are flown attached to the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in preparation for the ships christening. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua J. Wahl) File# 131105-N-KK576-006

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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