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NORTH CAROLINA ACR-12
USS North
Carolina (ACR-12) was the first ship in history to
launch an aircraft using a catapult. It was also the
first time an aircraft was launched from a moving ship.
The event took place on November 5, 1915, and the pilot
for that historic flight was Henry C. Mustin. The plane
was Curtiss AB-2. ACR-12's success led to the use of
catapults on battleships and cruisers through World War
II, and to the steam catapults on present-day aircraft
carriers.
Unlike modern carriers, which have built-in flight decks
and launch systems, the launching platform built atop
the North Carolina was an ad hoc endeavor. The questions
of whether the plane would fly, or whether it would be
possible to safely abort takeoff, were big unknowns.
USS North Carolina was built by Newport News
Shipbuilding. She was laid down in March
1905, launched in October 1906, and commissioned in May
1908. She was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser--the
final class of armored cruisers to be built for the US
Navy. The USS North Carolina had a total displacement of
14,500 tons, compared to the 100,020 tons of a
present-day USS Nimitz-class supercarrier.
We build
this primarily wood model of the
USS North Carolina at 30" long (1/200 scale)
and 42" long (1/144 scale.) If you are interested
in owning a piece of history, please contact us for more
information.
Learn more
about
USS North Carolina here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_North_Carolina_(ACR-12)
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