USS Langley began life not as a seaplane tender or an aircraft carrier but as the Proteus-class collier USS Jupiter. Jupiter was laid down in 1911, ... and a catapult was installed.

The Langley wasn't built from scratch as a carrier. No, it was converted from, of all things, a collier -- a ship tasked with the unglamorous job of carrying coal and other cargo.

First is the USS Langley (CV-1), ... The Ford incorporates the EMALS catapult system, which propels an aircraft forward, off the deck, through the use of an electromagnetic system.

USS Langley, the first US Navy aircraft carrier, photographed from the shore in 1923 (Library of Congress/Harris & Ewing) The pigeons were right there exploring new horizons with them, though ...

On November 5, 1915, a new catapult system was installed on the USS North Carolina. It proved the concept on a ship underway by speeding an aircraft up to 50 mph before it left the deck, ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, commissioned in 2017, is the latest aircraft carrier to join the U.S. fleet.Ford was built at Newport News, Virginia, just 25 miles from Norfolk—the site of Langley’s ...

The first catapult launch of an aircraft from a naval vessel, on November 5, 1915. ... By 1922, the US operated the USS Langley, an aircraft carrier that could carry 30 planes.

During her career, Langley was used to test catapult launching and night landings, ... An Aeromarine 39-B airplane approaches the flight deck of USS Langley (CV-1) during landing practice, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Spend your lunch break on July 10 at Nauticus with Dr. David F. Winkler, USNR (Ret.), a renowned naval ...

USS North Carolina (Public Domain) The first catapult launch of an aircraft from a naval vessel, on November 5, 1915. After that risky start in 1915 US aircraft carrier abilities quickly advanced ...

Its designation, “CVN-68,” stands for the 68th aircraft carrier commissioned by the Navy since the USS Langley was converted from a coal-carrying transport into CV-1 in 1920.