Aircraft Carrier No. 1. It was converted from a collier at Norfolk Naval Yard and became the USS Langley (CV-1). It was anchored in the James River when a Vought biplane piloted by Lt. V.C. Griffin made the Navy's first-ever takeoff from a ship on October 17, 1922.
The first purpose-built aircraft carrier launched at Newport News in 1933, the USS Ranger (CV-4). It was the first U.S. Navy ship designed from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. Its island feature established the distinctive profile of all carriers that followed.
--DaCootShip
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