Brief History of Naval Warfare Ships
USS Langley-
Was the US Navy's very first aircraft carrier and was also the first electrically propelled ship used in the Navy. This was in the 1920s. This ship was named after the American aviation pioneer, Samuel Pierpont Langley. It was used in WWII in Japan there it was baby damaged.
Was the US Navy's very first aircraft carrier and was also the first electrically propelled ship used in the Navy. This was in the 1920s. This ship was named after the American aviation pioneer, Samuel Pierpont Langley. It was used in WWII in Japan there it was baby damaged.
-Compare and Contrast -
First Air craft carrier was the U.S.S. Langley, It was an experiment.
U.S.S. Saratoga in 1933
Was one of the very first The Union Army Balloon
when Washington was aboard a navy barge
when Washington was aboard a navy barge
Other than Aircraft Carriers and Navy Barges, some other warships were used. Battleships were actually the dominant naval weapon of World War I.
A dreadnought is a huge battleship equipped with heavy calibre guns and had a steam turbine propulsion system. The United States had a dreadnought in 1910 known as the USS South Carolina.
A submarine is a watercraft that is capable of operating independently underwater. Submarines sunk many German U-Boats.
A battlecruiser was similar in size and cost to a battleship and they carried many o the same heavy guns as battleships did. However, battlecruisers had less armor and they were faster.