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.

Jan 20, 2019 · 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.

Jun 20, 2024 · Developed from the Proteus-class collier Jupiter, USS Langley was converted into America’s first aircraft carrier and was recommissioned on 20 March 1922 with Commander Kenneth Whiting as her...

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....

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.

Dec 18, 2024 · Langley, in 1867, was named professor of astronomy and physics at the Western University of Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh). His duties included directing the Allegheny Observatory....

May 1, 2018 · USS Langley was the first aircraft carrier to see service with the US Navy and was later modified into a seaplane tender before being lost in 1942.

USS Langley, a Unix Space Server which provides proof of concept for global internet access via a nanosatellite constellation. The satellite was launched aboard the Atlas V mission designated as USA-261 on 20 May 2015.

Sep 13, 2024 · After its conversion to an aircraft carrier and its recommissioning as the USS Langley (CV 1) on March 20, 1922, the Langley began as both a research ship as well as part of a regular fleet.