Aircraft carrier: Timeline

1922   The USS ''Langley'' is commissioned as the first United States Navy United States Navy

The United States Navy is the branch of the United States armed forces [i] responsible for conducting naval [i] ... 

 aircraft carrier.

1940   World War II World War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide [i] conflict [i] fought betwe ... 

: Battle of Taranto - The Royal Navy Royal Navy

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 launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic , is a Southern European [i] country. ... 

 fleet at Taranto Taranto

Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia [i], southern Italy [i]. ... 

.

1941   World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS ''Ark Royal'' HMS Ark Royal (91)

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 is hit by German U-boat U-boat

U-boat is the anglicization [i] of the German [i] word U-Boot, itself an abbreviatio ... 

 U-81

1941   World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Imperial Japanese Navy [i] made its attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of Sunday, December 7 [i], ... 

 - A fleet of six aircraft carriers commanded by Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

ese Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo leaves Hitokapu Bay for Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a simple embayment on the island of Oahu [i], Hawaii [i], west of Honolulu [i] ... 

 under strict radio Radio

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 silen

1942   World War II World War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide [i] conflict [i] fought betwe ... 

: the USS ''Langley'', the first United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

 aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

ese warplanes off Java.

1942   World War II World War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide [i] conflict [i] fought betwe ... 

: Japanese Navy launches air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the country's East Coast.

1945   Off the coast of Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

, bombers hit the aircraft carrier USS ''Franklin'', killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.

1967   An explosion and fire aboard the U.S. Navy United States Navy

The United States Navy is the branch of the United States armed forces [i] responsible for conducting naval [i] ... 

 aircraft carrier ''USS Forrestal'' in the Gulf of Tonkin Gulf of Tonkin

The Gulf of Tonkin, measuring approximately 480 km by 240 km, lies between China [i] and Vietnam [i]. ... 

 leaves 134 dead.

2005   The construction of Northrop Grumman X-47B, the world's first unmanned surveillance attack aircraft that can operate from both land bases and aircraft carriers, begins.