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US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Jim Symonds, Commanding Officer (CO), of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), presents the Honorable Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF), a photograph of the REAGAN during her recent transit through the Straits of Magellan, while underway for her new homeport in San Diego, California (CA). Mr. Wolfowitz is on board the REAGAN to participate in the home porting ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), San Diego, CA
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Base: Nasni, San Diego
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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