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USS Langley
Two
United States Navy
ships have borne the name
Langley
, after the American scientific pioneer
Samuel Langley
.
The first
Langley
(CV-1)
was the first
aircraft carrier
of the Navy, converted from the
collier
Jupiter
in
1922
, and sunk in February
1942
by the
Japanese
.
The second
Langley
(CVL-27)
was a
light aircraft carrier
commissioned in
1943
, active in
World War II
, and transferred to
France
in
1951
.