USS Langley

Two ships of the United States Navy were named USS Langley , named after the American astronomer and physicist Samuel Pierpont Langley .

• The first USS Langley (CV-1) was the US Navy’s first aircraft carrier resulting from the conversion of the USS Jupiter (AC-3) collier and sank in February 1942 after a Japanese attack.
• The second USS Langley (CVL-27) was a light aircraft carrier that entered service in 1943 , actively participated in World War II , and was surrendered to France in 1951 .