What You Need to Know: The article highlights the top five U.S. aircraft carriers based on technical specifications and historical significance.First is the USS Langley (CV-1), the Navy's first ...
Aircraft carriers have been around since 1922. Sort of. Technically, the first US carrier, the USS Langley, was a modified ...
the Langley was converted into a seaplane tender, and then follows her career into World War II until she was sunk in the Netherlands Indies by Japanese aircraft in May of 1942. A very good look at ...