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Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford and sponsor of the aircraft carrier that bears his name, receives the bottle used during the christening ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Nov. 09, 2013) Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford and sponsor of the aircraft carrier that bears his name, receives the bottle used during the christening ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at Newport News Shipbuilding. The first Ford-class aircraft carrier is scheduled to join the fleet in 2016. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Peter D. Lawlor) File# 131109-N-WL435-998
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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