As an aircraft carrier, Langley had a complement of 468 men, including the air wing. It was a former collier, USS Jupiter (AC-3), which had been converted at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 1921–1922. The ship was named in honor of an American scientist, Samuel Pierpont Langley. USS Langley was the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier. The second airplane is an Aeromarine 39 trainer. A Vought VE-7 taking off from USS Langley, 1922. Navy when he flew a Chance Vought Corporation VE-7 fighter from the deck of USS Langley (CV-1) while the ship was anchored in the York River along the west side of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. (National Naval Aviation Museum)ġ7 October 1922: Lieutenant Commander Virgil Childers (“Squash”) Griffin, Jr., United States Navy, made the first takeoff from an aircraft carrier of the U.
A Vought VE-7 takes off from USS Langley (CV-1).
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