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Commissioned in 1922 and originally built as a coal transport ship, what was the name of the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier?

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Originally launched as the coal-carrying USS Jupiter, the ship was converted and renamed after aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley to test the revolutionary concept of naval aviation. Because its massive, flat wooden flight deck sat unassumingly high above the rest of the hull, sailors affectionately nicknamed the historic vessel the "Covered Wagon." The daring experiments conducted on its deck developed the crucial catapult and arresting gear techniques that would ultimately define World War II naval combat.

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