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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.
Langley rolling heavily to starboard during Typhoon Cobra, 18 December 1944. Taken from USS Essex. During November 1944, Langley supported the Philippine landings and strikes the Manila Bay area. Aircraft of Langley ' s CVG-44 attacked Japanese reinforcement convoys, and airfields on Luzon and in the Cape Engaño area.
Task Force is a 1949 American war film filmed in black-and-white with some Technicolor 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 for the leading role, [ 3 ] the film stars Gary Cooper , Jane Wyatt , Walter Brennan , Wayne Morris ...
The shooting happened just after 5 p.m. at a city park featuring a recreation area with a nonslip surface where people can turn on sprays and fountains of water to play in. Bouchard said it ...
Wreckage was spread over a wide area about one mile south of the base." [288] One crew member attempted to eject, and his seat and parachute were found a few yards from the wreckage. The other three crew were in the wreckage when rescue units arrived. Identity of the victims was being withheld pending notification of next of kin. 23 March
USS Jupiter was a military ship converted to an aircraft carrier between 1920 and 1922 and was recommissioned as USS Langley. Langley was the first American aircraft carrier and was vital in developing United States naval aviation capabilities. She was converted again between 1936 and 1937 as a seaplane tender and redesignated as AV-3.
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