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, launched in 1912, and commissioned into service ...

The article highlights the top five U.S. aircraft carriers based on technical specifications and historical significance.

The very first aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy wasn't even an aircraft carrier at first. Instead, it was toting coal and cargo. This week marks 90 years since the USS Langley was commissioned ...

Though the USS Langley broke new ground in the realm of seafaring aviation, by the 1930s, the Navy was dramatically rethinking their approach to aircraft carriers, essentially making their first ...

Though the USS Langley's career as an aircraft carrier was short, it proved the concept of a mobile command center from which Navys could launch aircraft was, in fact, possible and practical.

The USS Langley saw service as both an aircraft carrier and a seaplane tender. In the seaplane tender role, she was commissioned as AV-3 on 11 April 1937. She served as AV-3 until 27 February 1942 ...

That distinction belongs to USS Langley (CV 1), whose commissioning in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 20, 1922, marked the beginning of carrier aviation in the U.S. Navy. Her crew called the ship ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The U.S. Navy is celebrating 100 years of aircraft carriers in active service with the recognition of the first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1), which was ...

The construction of the USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3), the U.S.' first aircraft carrier, began in 1911. It took over a decade before the Langley could set sail as a carrier, which she did multiple times.

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 ...

Which brings us to carriers. The Navy’s first carrier (a converted collier), the USS Langley, was named for aviation pioneer Samuel P. Langley, the inventor of the Aerodrome, and the third ...