From to fragile propellers and floating fire hazards, to stacks belching out plumes of thick, black smoke. These aircraft carriers failed to prove their worth.

Aircraft carriers are impressive military machines capable of launching aircraft off an incredibly short runway. This isn't done merely by utilizing a fighter jet's speed. Instead, it's accomplished ...

October 26, 1921 - In first successful test, a compressed air, turntable catapult, launches an N-9 seaplane. 1922 - LCDR Godfrey deC. Chevalier makes first landing aboard a carrier (USS Langley) while ...

Aircraft carriers are the most important and impressive vessels in the U.S. Naval fleet, and it's been that way for decades. The first aircraft carrier, or more accurately, the first time a plane ...