USS Jupiter
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Two ships of the United States Navy
have been named USS Jupiter':
served as a collier
from 1913 to 1920 and was converted into the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier
, being renamed USS Langley
on 21 April 1920 and being recommissioned as an aircraft carrier in 1922.
, a cargo ship commissioned 22 August 1942 and scrapped in March 1971.
Jupiter
is the Roman
god and also the biggest planet in solar system.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named USS Jupiter':
served as a collier
Collier (ship type)
Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships. In the late 18th century a number of wooden-hulled sailing colliers gained fame after being adapted for use in voyages of exploration in the South Pacific, for...
from 1913 to 1920 and was converted into the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
, being renamed USS Langley
USS Langley (CV-1)
USS Langley was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , and also the U.S. Navy's first electrically propelled ship...
on 21 April 1920 and being recommissioned as an aircraft carrier in 1922.
, a cargo ship commissioned 22 August 1942 and scrapped in March 1971.
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
is the Roman
Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...
god and also the biggest planet in solar system.