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March 20, 1922
On March 20, 1922, the USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
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Featured · March 20, 1922
The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , 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.
Around 1922
The year in brief
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1922nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 922nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 20th…
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On March 20, 1922
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1922 The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier. First United States Navy aircraft carrier
USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , 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.
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Other moments from 1922
- April 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
- April 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
- April 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
- April 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.
- April 24 The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
- April 3 Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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