The cremated remains of U.S. Navy SENIOR CHIEF Aviation Machinist's Mate Gilberto Gordils, Jr., pass from one Sailor to the next before the remains are committed to the sea during a a burial at sea ceremony aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) on Jan. 30, 2007, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Christopher D. Blachly) (Released)

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The cremated remains of U.S. Navy SENIOR CHIEF Aviation Machinist's Mate Gilberto Gordils, Jr., pass from one Sailor to the next before the remains are committed to the sea during a a burial at sea ceremony aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) on Jan. 30, 2007, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Christopher D. Blachly) (Released)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Christopher Blachly, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carriers

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.