    
Title: USS Langley Description: October 19, 1922, Pacific Ocean: An Aeromarine 39-B plane makes a landing approach to the deck of the 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 served as a training ship for hundreds of U.S. Navy pilots, who later served with the USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3); the Langley was converted to a seaplane tender in 1937 with the classification of AV-7; at the outbreak of World War II, the ship saw service in the Philippines, Australia, and Java; on February 27, 1942, the ship was attacked by Japanese planes, with five bombs striking the carrier, killing sixteen crew members; USS Langley (AV-7) was abandoned off Tjilatjap, Java, sunk by it accompanying destroyers USS Whipple (DD-217) and USS Edsall (DD-219) after the destroyers fired nine four-inch shells and two torpedoes into the ship; Category: World War II Keywords: aircraft, aircraft carriers, airplanes, aviation, carriers, colliers, fighter planes, Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834-February 27, 1906), planes, ship conversions, ships, U.S. Navy, USS Edsall (DD-219), USS Jupiter (AC-3), USS Langley (CV-1), USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Whipple (DD-217), vessels, warships, World War II Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1200 x 993 (1.19 MPixels) (1.21) Print Size: 10.2 x 8.4 cm; 4.0 x 3.3 inches File Size: 3.41 MB (3,579,002 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010607 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
