USS Langley

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USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3), and also the US Navy's first turbine-electric ship. Langley was named after Samuel Langley, an American aviation pioneer.

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Image: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-460108, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.