USS Langley (AV-3)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Boeing_P-26_Peashooter
gptkb:Curtiss_F8_C_Helldiver
gptkb:Vought_O3_U_Corsair
gptkb:Grumman_F4_F_Wildcat
gptkb:Vought_F4_U_Corsair
gptkb:Douglas_SBD_Dauntless
gptkb:North_American_B-25_Mitchell
gptkb:Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
gptkb:Douglas_TBD_Devastator
gptkb:Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk
approximately 30 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:built collier ship
gptkbp:class gptkb:Langley-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1924
gptkbp:crew_capacity approximately 900
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1942
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Java_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 16,000 long tons (16,000 t)
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkbp:fate sunk by Japanese aircraft
sunk by enemy action
gptkbp:first_ship_to_launch_an_airstrike gptkb:true
gptkbp:historical_event first ship to operate aircraft in combat
gptkbp:historical_significance first U. S. Navy ship designed for air operations
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Langley (AV-3)
gptkbp:initially_converted_from coal ship
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1920
gptkbp:length 540 ft (160 m)
gptkbp:mission evacuating personnel
gptkbp:notable_contributor development of naval aviation
gptkbp:notable_event first aircraft carrier of the U. S. Navy
gptkbp:notable_feature flat deck for aircraft operations
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operational_period 1924 to 1942
gptkbp:operational_status active until 1942
gptkbp:operational_use 1926
aircraft transport
gptkbp:renamed AV-3
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:USS_Wasp_(CV-7)
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Commander_John_W._Reeves
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:served_in_the_pacific_theater gptkb:true
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Jupiter_(AC-3)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
gptkbp:sunk 27 February 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Langley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4