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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Jupiter: USS Jupiter (AC-3) served as a collier from 1913 to 1920 and was converted into the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier, being renamed USS Langley on 21 April 1920 and being recommissioned as an aircraft carrier in 1922. USS Jupiter (AK-43), a cargo ship commissioned 22 August 1942 ...
USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3), and also the US Navy's first turbo-electric-powered ship. Langley was named after Samuel Langley, an American aviation pioneer. She was the sole member of her class to be rebuilt as a carrier.
The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1] It was soon followed by the other pre-World War II classes: the Lexington class; USS Ranger, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theYorktown class, and USS Wasp. [2]
Former USS Jupiter (AC-3) [1] 28 March Royal Netherlands Navy: K II: K II-class submarine K II 25 July Royal Netherlands Navy: Van Meerlant: Douwe Aukes-class minelayer M 36 5 Augustus Royal Australian Navy: Adelaide: Town-class cruiser 5 September Royal Netherlands Navy: K VII: K V-class submarine K VII 15 September Royal Netherlands Navy: K VIII
The unit ' s seven officers and 122 enlisted men crossed the Atlantic Ocean to France aboard Neptune and the collier USS Jupiter to become the first American military unit to debark in Europe for combat, with Jupiter arriving at Pauillac on June 5, 1917, and Neptune at St. Nazaire on June 8, 1917. [20] [21] [22]
Joseph Mason "Bull" Reeves (20 November 1872 – 25 March 1948) was an admiral in the United States Navy and an early and important supporter of U.S. Naval Aviation.Though a battleship officer during his early career, he became known as the "Father of Carrier Aviation" for his role in integrating aircraft carriers into the fleet as a major part of the Navy's attack capabilities.
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