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), and also the US Navy's first turbo-electric-powered ship.

Jan 20, 2019 · USS Langley during WW2. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, USS Langley was anchored off Cavite in the Philippines and she departed the day after for Balikpapan, in the Dutch East Indies. She later sailed for Australia to flee the Japanese advance and was in Darwin on the 1st of January 1942.

Jun 20, 2024 · At the onset of World War II, Langley was off Cavite in the Philippine Islands. The day after the Pearl Harbor attack, she proceeded to Balikpapan, Borneo, and Darwin, Australia, arriving on...

Nov 16, 2009 · The U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier, the Langley, is sunk by Japanese warplanes (with a little help from U.S. destroyers), and all of its 32 aircraft are lost. The Langley was launched in...

Converted to her seaplane tender configuration and designated AV-3, USS Langley is shown off Sangley Point, Philippine Islands, in October 1941, just weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into World War II.

Mar 21, 2022 · Converted yet again in 1937 to a seaplane tender, Langley met a tragic fate during WWII when Japanese aircraft fatally crippled the ship 75 miles south of Java on 27 February 1942.

Reclassified as a seaplane tender, (AV-3), in 1937, Langley remained on station in the Pacific and supported seaplane patrols and provided aircraft transportation services during the early months...

Mar 20, 2014 · On Feb. 27, 1942, Langley was rendezvousing with destroyers USS Whipple and USS Edsall off the coast of Indonesia as part of the American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDACOM) Command. At about noon she was attacked by nine Japanese dive bombers.

USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy ‘s first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (AC-3), and also the U.S. Navy’s first turbo-electric-powered ship.

Early in the morning February 27, 1942, USS Langley rendezvoused with her antisubmarine screen, destroyers USS Whipple and USS Edsall. At 1140 nine twin-engine enemy bombers attacked her. The first and second Japanese strikes were unsuccessful; but during the third Langley took five hits.