USS Langley (CV-1)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 34
gptkbp:armament 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
4 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:attackedDate 27 February 1942
gptkbp:beam 65 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:category 1912 ships
Aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
Colliers of the United States Navy
Ships built in Vallejo, California
World War II shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean
gptkbp:causeOfLoss gptkb:south_of_Java,_Dutch_East_Indies
gptkbp:class gptkb:Langley-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1922
gptkbp:conversionYear 1920
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
collier
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 468
gptkbp:decommissioned 1942
gptkbp:displacement 13,000 tons
gptkbp:enemyOf Japanese aircraft
gptkbp:fate scuttled
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Langley (CV-1)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-1
gptkbp:launched 1912
gptkbp:length 542 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Samuel_Pierpont_Langley
gptkbp:notableEvent 17 October 1922
first takeoff from US aircraft carrier
gptkbp:notableFor first US Navy aircraft carrier
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Lieutenant_Virgil_C._Griffin
first pilot to take off from Langley
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:USS_Jupiter_(AC-3)
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:Indian_Ocean
27 February 1942
gptkbp:usedFor training
aircraft transport
experimental aviation operations
gptkbp:wartimeRole aircraft transport
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Asiatic_Fleet
gptkb:USS_Langley_(CVL-27)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5