In 1922, US Navy collier USS Jupiter was converted into the aircraft carrier USS Langley Langley was the ... the first ever west-to-east Panama Canal transit in 1914, dutifully carried out supply ...

Converted from the collier USS Jupiter at the Norfolk Navy Yard in the early 1920s, the USS Langley was the Navy’s first aircraft carrier and the scene of numerous landmark events in the history ...

In its early days of service, the USS Langley served as an essential tool for the Navy to develop the techniques and tactics ...