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As a result, Langley took five hits from a mix of 60-and-250-kilogram (130 and 550 lb) bombs as well as three near misses, [22] with 16 crewmen killed. [23] [note 1] The topside burst into flames, steering was impaired, and the ship developed a 10° list to port. [5] [19] Langley went dead in the water as her engine room flooded. At 13:32, the ...
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USS Langley (CVL-27) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, and French Navy as La Fayette from 1951 to ...
The ship struck several mines within minutes and broke into three sections. 15 of her crew were killed in the sinking. USS Reuben James (DD-245) was acting as escort for British convoys as a part of the Neutrality Patrol when on 23 October 1941 around daybreak the ship was hit by a torpedo fired from U-552 , which was aiming for a cargo vessel.
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 ...
Affidavit tells how police arrived to find 48-year-old Tara Langley shot to death. Her boyfriend, 34-year-old Bryce Leighton, is charged with murder.
The bodies of those found in the search for six people missing after the sinking of a luxury yacht during a storm off the coast of Sicily are being recovered from the wreckage.
USS Langley (DE‑131), laid down 10 July 1942 and renamed Hammann on 1 August 1942; USS Langley (CVL-27), a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, active in World War II, and transferred to France in 1951; Others: USS Langley, a Unix Space Server which provides proof of concept for global internet access via a nanosatellite constellation.