A nearly 6-foot-long model of the USS Langley on display here for the past year and a half is heading for the big time. In a little while — the date hasn’t been set — the model built by William ...

Aircraft carriers are synonymous with strength, power, and the ability to wield them anywhere in the world. But it wasn't always this way. There was a time when carriers were little more than cargo ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Model builder Roger Torgeson has built dozens of detailed models of Navy ships, but curiously has never built a replica of the one he served on during the Vietnam War. The Sequim man ...

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 converted ...

It may surprise you to learn that the Navy's very first aircraft carrier took to sea more than a century ago, with the US Department of Defense commissioning the construction of the vessel in March ...

Recently, the United States Navy celebrated the 98th anniversary of the commissioning of its very first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1). CV-1 was named after American aeronautics engineer, ...

While the December 2021 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News examines 'Great Ships' delivered this calendar year, Edward Lundquist takes a look back into U.S. Navy history and America's ...

The lessons learned from the Langley’s decade of carrier flight operations in the interwar period directly influenced the design of subsequent, more advanced carriers of that era. Recently, the United ...

In 1922, US Navy collier USS Jupiter was converted into the aircraft carrier USS Langley Langley was the US Navy's first aircraft carrier, but it only spent 15 years in service in that role. USS ...