2014 Event A U.S. aircraft carrier is being repositioned in the Persian Gulf in the event that President Barack Obama decides to authorize military aid in the current internal Iraqi conflict; the president has stated that he will not send in ground troops 2013 Event The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 2013 Event Bankrupt carrier, American Airlines and U.S. Airways merge, forming the world's largest air carrier, to trade under the name, American Airlines 2012 Event In ceremonies held at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career 2011 Event A Mongolian bulk carrier sailing off the coast of Oman is seized by Somali pirates 1986 Event Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead 1984 Event Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan 1980 Birthday Corey Carrier, actor, Young Indiana Jones 1979 Event Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center 1979 Event Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center 1972 Event 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk 1969 Event Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer "Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1969 Event 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers 1968 Event Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina 1968 Birthday Mark Carrier, NFL safety, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions 1967 Event Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 1966 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die 1965 Birthday Mark Carrier, NFL wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers 1964 Event Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne 1960 Event USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launches 1956 Event Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 1955 Event Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched 1955 Event Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched 1955 Event British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail 1952 Event 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany 1952 Event U.S. minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176 1948 Event 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier 1945 Event Kamikaze-Zero strikes U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise 1945 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid 1945 Event U.S. jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack 1944 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1944 Event Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack 1943 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet launched 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise reaches Noumea 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal 1942 Event British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed and sinks 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor 1942 Event Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1941 Event U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal 1941 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor 1941 Event British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean 1940 Event Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious 1939 Event German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die 1936 Event 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa 1933 Event 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger 1929 Event Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier 1922 Event 1st electric power line commercial carrier in U.S., Utica, New York 1922 Event 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho 1922 Event USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier 1914 Event W. H. Carrier patents air conditioner 1876 Birthday Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment
