Milestones in U. S. Naval Aviation
To 1920
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| Year | Ships & Aircraft | Events![[ explosion icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/damage.gif "Damaged"){kind=icon} Battle![[ quill pen icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/authorize.gif "Authorised"){kind=icon} Political/Administrative action |
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| Year | Ships & Aircraft | EventsBattlePolitical/Administrative action |
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![[ keel laid icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/keel.gif "Keel laid"){kind=icon} 18 October: AC-3 USS Jupiter keel laid |
| 1912 |
![[ champagne bottle icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/launch.gif "Launched"){kind=icon} 14 August: AC-3 USS Jupiter launched |
| 1913 |
![[ bunting icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/commission.gif "Commissioned"){kind=icon} 7 April: AC-3 USS Jupiter commissioned |
World War I begins August 1914
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| 1918 |
![[ Flag of Britain ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/flags/britain.gif "Britain") 15 March: HMS Furious, first British carrier commissioned |
World War I ends 11 November 1918
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![[ gold watch icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/decomm.gif "Decommissioned"){kind=icon} 24 March: AC-3 USS Jupiter decommissioned ![[ refit icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/refit.gif "Refit/upgrade"){kind=icon} 24 March: Jupiter begins conversion to aircraft carrier 11 April: Jupiter renamed Langley 25 September: CC-3 Saratoga keel laid |
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