First is the USS Langley (CV-1), the Navy's first aircraft carrier, notable for pioneering naval aviation milestones like the first ship-based aircraft takeoff and landing. -The USS Nimitz ...

Emerging from the shipyards at Portsmouth, Virginia, it became the USS Langley, the Navy’s first true aircraft carrier. This innovative move marked the beginning of a new era in naval power.

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Winkler carries the story through the mid-1930s, when, as more new carriers began entering the service, the Langley was converted into a seaplane tender, and then follows her career into World War II ...