August 24th, 1912 – The collier, USS Jupiter, is launched. The vessel is the first electrically-propelled Navy ship. She is renamed USS Langley in April 1920 with the designation of aircraft carrier CV-1 and a few months later becomes the Navys first aircraft carrier in March 1922 following conversion

John Currin (JC) posted August 24th, 1912 – The collier, USS Jupiter, is launched. The vessel is the first electrically-propelled Navy ship. She is renamed USS Langley in April 1920 with the designation of aircraft carrier CV-1 and a few months later becomes the Navys first aircraft carrier in March 1922 following conversion https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sBFqSRWtiOA/V73Z0h89Y_I/AAAAAAAAYJQ/QST7MP4NOagp74ukZSxoyt3DmXi-tz-IgCJoC/8c763d86-3c35-46a9-8bc0-db0dbcf38977?imgmax=1024
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