The Washington Naval Conference of 1922, which limited construction of capital warships, laid the foundation of American carrier air power. Japanese planes sank the Langley on 27 February 1942 as it was ferrying U.S. Langley could operate thirty-four aircraft and steam at 15 knots. carrier was Langley, converted in 1922 from the collier Jupiter. The Royal Navy succeeded in taking fighter aircraft to sea that scored kills on German zeppelins over the sea approaches to Britain. It remained until World War I, however, for the British Royal Navy to take the steps essential to the development of a true aircraft carrier. Ely, made the first shipboard landing on 18 January 1911, on a platform over the stern guns of the cruiser Pennsylvania. The first airplane launched from a ship flew from a jury-rigged platform on the bow of the American light cruiser Birmingham on 10 November 1910. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND NAVAL AIRCRAFT Carriers
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