America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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Naval aviation again demon- strated her growing prowess as Hampton Roads watched. The coal carrierjupiter was selected for conversion to become the Navy's first aircraft carrier, Langley. When converted, Langley had a flight deck measuring 534 feet by 64 feet and was the Navy's first electrically propelled vessel. The first takeoff from the Langley's deck occurred on October 17, 1922. The first ar- rested landing happened nine days later on October 26, 1922. The first catapult shot off the Langley oc- curred on November 18 of the same year. While the Navy was being ne- glected in Congress, the Depres- sion was ravaging the economy of the area. In 1931 President Hoover transferred a large part of the At- lantic Fleet to the West coast to monitor the activities of japan. Since many of these ships were homeported in Norfolk, the trans- fer of the fleet also signaled the transfer of the paycheck to the West Coast. Although the Norfolk Navy Yard had been granted a battleship modemization program which would last until 1934, em- ployees ofthe shipyard were forced in 1933 to take a fifteen percent pay Ctll. When Franklin Delano Roose- velt was inaugurated in 1933, the Navy and consequently Hampton Roads gained a valuable friend. Roosevelt launched a naval ship- building and improvement pro- gram to slow the effects of neglect on the fleet. These programs en- abled the Norfolk Navy Yard to increase its employment rolls to 'DON thin 7.600 by 1959, providing a much-needed shot-in-the-arm for the area. .yr V, - V V , LH I--1 -FUNK-lftl whores of X iriginla Beach The elegance of Waterside captured at night, i A vigilant lifeguard stands his watch. t X.. art. va-.1 l .ncL.n N Cmm J icnumh. mm of li sl Ku 'N ff jf 3 W fag- -J if ' .. - -as Y N. D .Al-. 0 .x y J' A -.-. . Vff .15.. rf ' l4 KH M2 5' if l pl . Mi 1 l ia' l - ' is . fl- g X. i if :H if: W EE ' 5 1 .Y fi. I, ,W . If 3 l

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