The USS Langley was the US Navy’s first aircraft ... s deck – the first ship-based airplane takeoff in US military history. A few days later, the first landing was completed, when an ...

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 ...

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.