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USN's First Aircraft Carrier
The USS George Washington Parke Custis was the first aircraft carrier deployed by the US Navy. It was a coal barge, bought for $150 and heavily modified in the Washington Naval Yard to carry and launch observation balloons. It was deployed in 1861 on the Potomac River with escorts, thus becoming part of the first US aircraft carrier task force to see action in a war zone. I think this would be a great addition to the paper model world, if we have a designer that would take the challenge.
John
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