USS Langley (CVL-27)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 45 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 10 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
26 × 40 mm AA guns
gptkbp:battleHonours 9 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 71.5 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:category gptkb:Ships_built_by_New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkb:World_War_II_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States
1943 ships
gptkbp:commissioned 31 August 1943
gptkbp:complement 1,569 officers and men
gptkbp:convertedTo Cleveland-class light cruiser hull
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 11 February 1947
gptkbp:displacement 11,000 tons (standard)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Langley (CVL-27)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CVL-27
gptkbp:laidDown 11 April 1942
gptkbp:launched 22 May 1943
gptkbp:length 622 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Samuel_Pierpont_Langley
gptkb:USS_Langley_(CV-1)
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:USS_Fargo_(CL-85)
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:La_Fayette_(R96)
gptkbp:returnedTo 20 March 1963
gptkbp:scrapped 1964
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Princeton_(CVL-23)
gptkb:USS_Bataan_(CVL-29)
gptkb:USS_Belleau_Wood_(CVL-24)
gptkb:USS_Cabot_(CVL-28)
gptkb:USS_Cowpens_(CVL-25)
gptkb:USS_Independence_(CVL-22)
gptkb:USS_San_Jacinto_(CVL-30)
gptkb:USS_Monterey_(CVL-26)
gptkbp:speed 31.5 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 March 1959
gptkbp:transferredTo gptkb:French_Navy
2 January 1951
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4