*Photo #: NH 77555
<ul><li>Eugene B. Ely</li></ul><ul><li>On board USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) on 14 November 1910, shortly after his flight off the deck of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2). This was the first airplane takeoff from a warship.</li></ul><ul><li>Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.</li></ul><ul><li>U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.</li></ul><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-e/eb-ely.htm">http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-e/eb-ely.htm</a></li></ul>