Sailors on board the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) wave from the ship’s island on which is painted the scoreboard documenting her combat record. Philadelphia Navy Yard in October 1945
Light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) steams with other carriers in the waters off Ulithi on January 7, 1945
Aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) and USS Hornet (CV-12) pictured underway in the Pacific Ocean as seen from the carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) on January 25, 1945
USS Langley (CVL-27) followed by USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Washington (BB-56), USS North Carolina (BB-55), USS South Dakota (BB-57), USS Santa-Fe (CL-60), and lined up to enter Ulithi on 12 December 1944
airplanes on aircraft carrier USS Langley CVL-27
aircraft carrier USS Langley CVL-27 misses a close one
Langley (CYL-27), originally named Fargo (CL-85), was laid down as Crown Point (CV-27) by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey, 11 April 1942. Renamed
Langley 13 November 1042 and launched 22 May 1943. Sponsored by Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins, wife of the Special Assistant to President Roosevelt. Reclassified CVL-27,
15 July 1943; and commissioned 31 August 1943, Capt. W. M. Dillon in command.
Bibliography:
- Navy Department, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Volume IV