Seaplane Tender Langley (Langley-class)

Langley (Langley-class)

Country	United States
Ship Class	Langley-class Seaplane Tender
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard

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Langley (Langley-class) Operational Timeline

20 Mar 1922	The US Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, USS Langley.
17 Oct 1922	Lieutenant V. C. Griffin flying a Vought VE-7SF aircraft made the first take-off from an American aircraft carrier (USS Langley).
2 May 1924	A Douglas DT-2 torpedo bomber was launched from the carrier USS Langley, while the ship was at anchor in Pensacola Bay, Florida, United States.
22 Feb 1942	USS Langley and freighter Sea Witch departed Fremantle, Australia with 59 P-40 fighters aboard for Java, Dutch East Indies.

Photographs

US Navy collier USS Jupiter at Mare Island, California, United States, 16 Oct 1913. In 1922 Jupiter was modified to become the United States’ first aircraft carrier and was renamed USS Langley

Aircraft carrier USS Langley (Langley-class) alongside the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC, United States, 3 Jul 1923. The white building at the photo’s top left is the present day National Museum of the Navy.

Aircraft carrier USS Langley (Langley-class) alongside Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 4 May 1925.

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