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What Ship ?
Posted: Sun April 26, 2015, 3:10 pm
by TR4
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Re: What Ship ?
Posted: Sun April 26, 2015, 3:50 pm
by Bruce Osburn
I think the 1st launch was from a converted collier (coal ship)
Re: What Ship ?
Posted: Sun April 26, 2015, 7:45 pm
by lynnsteen
OK, I'll show my stupidity ................ USS Hornet.
Re: What Ship ?
Posted: Sun April 26, 2015, 10:07 pm
by TR4
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Re: What Ship ?
Posted: Mon April 27, 2015, 10:00 am
by dcrooke
USS Mississippi
Re: What Ship ?
Posted: Mon April 27, 2015, 10:23 am
by Bruce Osburn
Okay, I gave up and did a little googling. This is what I found on Wikipedia: U.S. naval aviation began with pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss who contracted with the Navy to demonstrate that airplanes could take off from and land aboard ships at sea. One of his pilots, Eugene Ely, took off from the USS Birmingham anchored off the Virginia coast in November 1910. Two months later Ely landed aboard another cruiser, USS Pennsylvania, in San Francisco Bay, proving the concept of shipboard operations. However, the platforms erected on those vessels were temporary measures.
Re: What Ship ?
Posted: Mon April 27, 2015, 10:54 pm
by TR4
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Re: What Ship ?
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015, 11:23 am
by Bruce Osburn