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.

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.

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 ...