Title: USS Langley Description: February 15, 1922, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs being made to the elevator and flight deck of USS Langley (CV-1); the USS Langley was converted from the 19,360-ton collier USS Jupiter in 1920, becoming the first U.S. aircraft carrier, named after aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley; the Langley was the first electrically propelled ship in the U.S. Navy; Commander Kenneth Whiting was named her captain on March 20, 1922; Category: World War II Keywords: aircraft, aircraft carriers, airplanes, carriers, colliers, electrically-propelled ships, fighter planes, Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834-February 27, 1906), planes, ship conversions, ships, USS Jupiter (AC-3), USS Langley (CV-1), U.S. Navy, vessels, warships, Kenneth Whiting Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1980 x 1441 (2.85 MPixels) (1.37) Print Size: 16.8 x 12.2 cm; 6.6 x 4.8 inches File Size: 8.17 MB (8,571,294 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010606 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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