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The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
M1108 universal carrier, armored carrier based on the M113 M1109 HMMWV 4 × 4 weapon carrier M1112 trailer, tank, water: 400 gallon, 1 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, 8-wheel (Water Buffalo)
front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...
On November 14, 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely took off in a Curtiss plane from the bow of Birmingham and later landed a Curtiss Model D on Pennsylvania on January 18, 1911. In fiscal year (FY) 1920, Congress approved a conversion of collier Jupiter into a ship designed for launching and recovering of airplanes at sea—the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
76 mm gun motor carriage M18 Hellcat (76 mm gun motor carriage; full-track) 90 mm gun motor carriage M36 Jackson (90 mm gun motor carriage; full-track) Landing Vehicle Tracked (armored) (LVT(A))1/2/4/5 (amphibious full-track) 81 mm mortar carrier M4/A1; M21 mortar carrier; T19 howitzer motor carriage; T30 howitzer motor carriage
This is a list of current and past vehicles and other products from Mack Trucks. ... 3½–5 ton high speed carrier [1] AP Series- 1926-1938; Junior (II) Series- 1936 ...
During World War II, Brockway manufactured the B666 heavy truck, including the B666 Daybrook M-II-A bridge erector [2] and C666 Quick Way crane, [3] as well as G547 and G690 6-ton 6×6 bridging trucks, part of a standard design series also built by Corbitt and White. G547 "Treadway" trucks had a large hoist on the rear for self-unloading, while ...
These carriers serve as the centerpieces and flagships for the Navy's Carrier Strike Groups, with their embarked carrier air wings and accompanying ships and submarines, which strongly contribute to the US ability to project force around the globe. The following is a complete list of all the US Navy's carriers and classes to date, and their status: