USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3)...
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USS Langley may refer to: Ships: USS Langley (CV-1), the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922,...
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Kenneth Whiting (section USS Langley (CV-1))
into the carrier, which later would be named USS Langley (CV-1). Later in 1919, after the battleship USS Texas (BB-35) experimented successfully with...
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Langley was named for Samuel Pierpont Langley, American scientist and aviation pioneer. She carried on the name and tradition of USS Langley (CV-1),...
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(2010). U.S.S. Cyclops. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc. Archived 9 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 0-7884-5186-3 "USS Langley (CV-1)". Dictionary...
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Naval Base Perth (section USS Langley (CV-1))
Bankstown Airport were ordered to fly to Perth to be loaded on the USS Langley (CV-1), the US's first aircraft carrier. The planes landed on Maylands airfield...
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the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3)....
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was also awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1922 he was attached to USS Langley (CV-1), the first American aircraft carrier, in connection with fitting...
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sequences about the development of U.S. aircraft carriers from USS Langley (CV-1) to USS Franklin (CV-13). Although Robert Montgomery was originally considered...
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Mount Langley in the Sierra Nevada USS Langley (CV-1) USS Langley (DE‑131), laid down 10 July 1942 and renamed Hammann on 1 August 1942 USS Langley (CVL-27)...
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