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#OTD Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting makes the 1st catapult launch from an aircraft carrier, taking off from USS Langley (CV 1) in the York River.

This year we celebrate 100 years of Navy aircraft carriers. #CONAC

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#OTD #CONAC July 14, 1952 The keel to the Navy's first supercarrier, USS Forrestal (CVA 59), is laid down.

Sailors spell out the message "We love New York," while the USS Forrestal steams away from the Verranzo Narrows Bridge toward NYC during Fleet Week '89. https://t.co/eCwu7CbTCD

Source: U.S. Navy

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