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 was used as an experimental aircraft carrier, developing techniques and procedures and training aircrew.
Following another conversion to a seaplane tender, Langley fought in World War II. On 27 February 1942, while ferrying a cargo of USAAF P-40s to Java, she was attacked by nine twin-engine Japanese bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd naval air flotillas and so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled by her escorts.
October 16, 1913 USS Jupiter Collier #3 off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California.USS Jupiter 1913USS Langley CV-1 under reconstruction from the collier Jupiter at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, circa late 1921
USS Langley CV-1
USS Langley CV-1 under reconstruction from the collier Jupiter at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, circa late 1921USS Langley CV-1 seen in 1922.USS Langley CV-1 in the 1922USS Langley CV-1 Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1 October 1922USS Langley CV-1 August 3, 1923USS Langley CV-1 off Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1923.USS Langley CV-1 in the mid-1920sUSS Langley CV-1 moored at NAS Pensacola 1923USS Langley CV-1 in the Panama Canal November 16, 1924 USS Langley CV-1 Balboa in the Panama Canal zone, 1924USS Langley CV-1 San Diego, California, in 1924USS Langley CV-1 in the 1922-24USS Langley CV-1 seen from the Brooklyn Bridge as she departed New York on 27 May 1927USS Langley CV-1 at Mare Island, c1927USS Langley CV-1 June 1927USS Langley CV-1 off San Diego, California, 1928, with Vought VE-7 aircraft on her flight deck. Escorted by USS Somers (DD-301)USS Langlley CV-1 off Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, with 34 planes on her flight deck, May 1928USS Langley CV-1 in Dry Dock No. 2, at Navy Yard, Puget Sound, January 1930USS Langley CV-1 under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City 1934USS Langley CV-1 with her stacks down at flight quarters in the South Pacific, probably in the mid-1930s USS Cole (DD-155)USS Langley CV-1 in the Panama Canal 1935–1936.USS Langley CV-1 at Mare Island in October 1936, at the start of her conversion to a seaplane tenderUSS Langley CV-1 at Mare Island in October 1936, at the start of her conversion to a seaplane tenderUSS Langley CV-1 in the Panama Canal during the late 1930sUSS Langley CV-1USS Langley CV-1USS Langley CV-1 along with USS Lexington CV-2 and USS Saratoga CV-3USS Langley CV-1USS Langley CV-1USS Langley CV-1Aeromarine 39B landing on USS Langley CV-1 October 12, 1922Douglas DT-2 ready for catapult launch from USS Langley CV-1 in 1925Naval Aircraft Factory Curtiss TS-1 of VF-1 on board USS Langley CV-1 1923Inside the hanger of USS Langley CV-1
USS Langley AV-3
USS Langley AV-3USS Langley AV-3 after conversion to a seaplane tender 1937USS Langley AV-3 underway, 26 February 1937Starboard bow view of USS Langley AV-3 anchored at French Frigate Shoals in 1937.USS Langley AV-3 at Pearl Harbor, 29 July 1938USS Langley AV-3 off Sangley Point 27 October 1941USS Langley AV-3 leaving Pearl Harbor for the United States with a deck load of P2Y flying boats and a utility seaplaneUSS Langley AV-3 drydocked in USS Dewey (YFD-1) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines, 26 May 1941USS Langley AV-3 preparing to leave Darwin, Australia, 19 February 1942, outbound to FremantleFebruary 27, 1942 USS Langley AV-3 sinking south of Java.USS Langley AV-3 sinking 27 February 1942Starboard side close-up view of USS Langley AV-3 with torpedo exploding, fired by USS Whipple (DD-217), after being abandoned
