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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.
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 1963. Langley was named for Samuel Pierpont Langley, American scientist and aviation pioneer.
USS Langley (CV-1) became the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier when commissioned in March 1922. She was converted from USS Jupiter (Collier #3), which was the U.S....
Developed from the 1911 collier USS Jupiter, the USS Langley became the CV-1, first aircraft carrier of the USN, multiplying tests and training airmen.
Developed from the Proteus -class collier Jupiter, USS Langley (CV-1) was converted into America’s first aircraft carrier and was recommissioned on 20 March 1922 with Commander Kenneth Whiting as...
Named after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), American astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in the development of heavier-than-air craft. Built as a collier and named Jupiter (Collier # 3), she was the first surface ship propelled by electric motors. Conversion to an aircraft carrier authorized, and design work completed, in July 1919.
The USS Langley celebrated its 100th anniversary in March 2022. Discover and explore the first US aircraft carrier through these historical photographs.
The converted collier Jupiter (AC-3) was commissioned as the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier—the USS Langley—on 20 March 1922. The ship’s new name honored astronomer and physicist Samuel Pierpoint Langley, who had experimented with flying machines as early as 1898.
On 20 March 1922, less than two decades after Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first successful sustained flight in a heavier-than-air aircraft, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier: the 11,500 ton Langley (CV-1). USS Langley (CV-1) at anchor with an Aeromarine 39-B airplane landing on her flight deck, circa 1922.
After sailing into Norfolk, USS Jupiter was decommissioned March 24, 1920. Work began to transform the collier into the nation's first designed aircraft carrier, renamed USS Langley (AC 1) on April 11, 1920.