Navy marks the 100th anniversary of the service’s aircraft carriers
By Diana Stancy Correll
Mar 22, 06:25 PM
Aircraft carriers joined the Navy fleet 100 years ago this month.
“For 100 years aircraft carriers have been the most survivable and versatile airfields in the world,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said during a Navy League centennial celebration Monday in Norfolk. “Perhaps no single military platform distinguishes what our nation is … and what it stands for … more than the aircraft carrier.”
The aircraft carrier concept originated with Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting, naval aviator, as a way to transport planes within the fleet using cargo ships. Whiting was subsequently involved in transforming the collier Jupiter into the first aircraft carrier Langley, according to Naval History and Heritage Command.
The carrier was commissioned March 20, 1922.
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