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Historical oddity

Between Pearl Harbor and Coral SRA the carriers went on a number of Raids of Japanese held Islands. I believe that both Lexington and Saratoga participated in these raids as well as Enterprise and Yorktown. Hornet participated in the Doolittle Raid.

I believe that Lexington and Saratoga were in different task groups. Saratoga was torpedoed early in the war and spent much of 1942 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

So depending on your definition of “in action” there is more than candidate.

Roger
 
Everything I find says the Langley, 1922 was the first US Navy carrier. Planes took off platforms on the USS Ely (1911) and USS Birmingham but they were not aircraft carriers. Even battleships carried a couple planes that could be launched, but they were not aircraft carriers. AI can't find it. I give up, what was it?
 
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