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 ...

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 ...

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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