Milestones in U. S. Naval Aviation
1921 - 1940
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Year | Ships & Aircraft | Events BattlePolitical/Administrative action |
1921 |
8 January: CC-1 Lexington keel laid |
1922 |
20 March: CV-1 USS Langley commissioned 1 July: CC-3 Saratoga reordered as aircraft carrier 8 July: CC-1 Lexington reordered as aircraft carrier December: HIJMS Hosho, Japan's first aircraft carrier, completed |
1923 |
1924 |
1925 |
7 April: CV-3 Saratoga launched 3 October: CV-2 Lexington launched |
1926 |
1927 |
16 November: CV-3 USS Saratoga commissioned 14 December: CV-2 USS Lexington commissioned |
1928 |
1929 |
|
Year | Ships & Aircraft | Events BattlePolitical/Administrative action |
1930 |
1931 |
26 September: CV-4 Ranger keel laid |
1932 |
1933 |
25 February: CV-4 Ranger launched 3 August: CV-6 Enterprise ordered |
1934 |
27 March: CV-7 Wasp authorised as replacement for CV-1 USS Langley 21 May: CV-5 Yorktown keel laid 4 June: CV-4 USS Ranger commissioned 16 July: CV-6 Enterprise keel laid |
1935 |
1936 |
1 April: CV-7 USS Wasp keel laid 4 April: CV-5 Yorktown launched 3 October: CV-6 Enterprise launched 25 October: CV-1 USS Langley begins conversion to seaplane tender |
1937 |
26 February: AV-3 USS Langley commissioned 30 September: CV-5 USS Yorktown commissioned |
1938 |
12 May: CV-6 USS Enterprise commissioned 17 May: CV-8 Hornet authorised by the Naval Expansion Act |
World War II begins 1 September 1939
1939 |
30 March: CV-8 Hornet authorised 1 April: CV-7 Wasp launched 25 September: CV-8 Hornet keel laid |
/ 3 September: Civilian liner SS Athenia is sunk by U-30, becoming the first ship sunk in WWII. |
1940 |
25 April: CV-7 USS Wasp commissioned 3 July: CV-9 Essex ordered 14 December: CV-8 Hornet launched |
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