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Centennial of Naval Aviation: First Fleet Use Of The Aircraft Carrier
Posted: Mar 02, 2011Beginning on 02 March 1925, the United States Navy made the first tactical use of naval air power with the operations of the USS Langley, CV-1, during Fleet Problem V. […]
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USS Lexington, CV-2, Commissioned 1927
Posted: Dec 14, 2010Testifying before the House Naval Affairs Committee on 21 February 1922, Bureau of Naval Aeronautics Chief, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, told the committee that unless the United States built […]