USS Langley (CV-1)
The USS Langley (CV-1) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier. She was commissioned on March 20, 1922. While transporting planes to Java in 1942, the carrier was attacked by Japanese bombers and severely damaged. To prevent the Japanese from salvaging it, Langley was fired upon and sunk by its own escorting destroyers on February 27, during World War II.The ship was originally named USS Jupiter (AC-3) before she was converted into an aircraft carrier in mid-1919.
See USS Langley for other Navy ships of the same name.
