The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is shown sailing by the Herbert H. Bateman Virginia Advanced Shipbuilding and Carrier Integration Center on Monday, May 5 as it leaves Northrop Grumman Newport News for Builder's Trials. The nuclear-powered carrier is the ninth Nimitz-class ship to be built by Northrop Grumman Newport News.

The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) leaves Northrop Grumman Newport News for Builder's Trials on Monday, May 5, 2003. Builder's Trials are an important milestone in the construction of the nuclear-powered carrier as it is the first time the ship sails under its own power. Reagan will be at sea for four days of testing.

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