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Milestones in U. S. Naval Aviation

To 1920




Year Ships & Aircraft Events
 [ explosion icon ] Battle [ quill pen icon ] Political/Administrative action

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909



Year Ships & Aircraft Events
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1910

1911  [ keel laid icon ]
18 October: AC-3 USS Jupiter keel laid

1912  [ champagne bottle icon ]
14 August: AC-3 USS Jupiter launched

1913  [ bunting icon ]
7 April: AC-3 USS Jupiter commissioned

World War I begins August 1914


1914

1915

1916

1917

1918  [ Flag of Britain ]
15 March: HMS Furious, first British carrier commissioned

World War I ends 11 November 1918


1919

1920  [ gold watch icon ]
24 March: AC-3 USS Jupiter decommissioned
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24 March: Jupiter begins conversion to aircraft carrier

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11 April: Jupiter renamed Langley

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25 September: CC-3 Saratoga keel laid