LANGLEY CVL 27 - Revision history

GregCiesielski: updated the page and added 1 postmark/cover

2026-03-04T19:43:02Z

updated the page and added 1 postmark/cover

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	<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>		<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
	This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.		This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
			its lifetime.
	The list is in chronological order.		The list is in chronological order.
	<ol>Independence Class Carrier<br/>		<table width="90%">
	Ordered as Cleveland Class Light Cruiser FARGO CL-85<br/>		<tr>
	Reordered as carrier CROWN POINT CV-27 March 31 1942<br/>		<td valign="top">
	Keel Laid April 11 1942~~<br/>~~		<ol>
	Renamed November 13 1942<br/>		Independence Class Carrier<br/>
	Launched May 22 1943~~<br/>~~		Ordered as Cleveland Class Light Cruiser '''FARGO CL-85'''<br/>
	Redesignated Aircraft Carrier Small (CVL) July 15 1943<br/><br/>		Reordered as carrier '''CROWN POINT CV-27''' 31 March 1942<br/>
			Keel Laid 11 April 1942 - Renamed '''LANGLEY''' 13 November 1942<br/>
			Launched 22 May 1943 - Redesignated Aircraft Carrier Small (CVL) 15 July 1943<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS LANGLEY CVL-27'''<br/>		<li>'''USS LANGLEY CVL-27'''<br/>
	Commissioned August 31 1943 - Decommissioned February 11 1947<br/><br/>		Commissioned 31 August 1943 - Decommissioned 11 February 1947<br/><br/>
	<li>'''LA FAYETTE R-96''' (French Naval Service)<br/>		<li>'''LA FAYETTE R-96''' (French Naval Service)<br/>
	Transferred to France January 8 1951 and renamed<br/>		Transferred to France 8 January 1951 and renamed<br/>
	Commissioned June 2 1951<br/>		Commissioned 2 June 1951<br/>
	Returned to ~~U.S.~~ March 20 1963<br/><br/>		Returned to US 20 March 1963<br/><br/>
	Stricken for disposal and scrapped 1964		Stricken for disposal and scrapped 1964
	</ol>		</ol></td>
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			[[Image:Langley_CVL27_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]
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			</table>
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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>[[USS LANGLEY CVL-27_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944-46)</li>		<li>[[USS LANGLEY CVL-27_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Langley CVL-27 Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944-1946)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text		Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
	</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~Date From<br/>to~~<br/>Date To</th>		Postmark<br/>Date</th>
	<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
	</tr></table>		</tr></table>

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	<h4>Post Office Established September 14 1943 - Disestablished March 25 1946</h4>		<h4>Post Office Established 14 September 1943 - Disestablished 25 March 1946</h4>

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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type~~<br/>~~2z		Locy Type 2z
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1944-07-09		1944-07-09
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	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	Censored ~~wartime~~ (~~WWII~~) ~~use~~		Censored WWII use
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			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type 2(n)
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1946-01-10
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Langley_CVL27_19460110_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Langley_CVL27_19460110_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			From the Bob Govern collection.
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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type<br/>LDPS 2(n) ~~Mar 25, 1946~~		Locy Type<br/>LDPS 2(n)
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1946-03-25		1946-03-25
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	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	LANGLEY earned 9 Battle ~~Stars~~ (~~WWII~~)<br/><br/>		USS LANGLEY earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 9 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Medal (3 awards) during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - ~~Named in Honor of~~ Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834 – February 27 1906) an American astronomer, physicist, ~~inventor~~ of the bolometer and ~~pioneer~~ of ~~aviation~~		'''NAMESAKE''' - Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 1834 - 27 February 1906)<br/>Langley became a distinguished American astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in the development of heavier-than-air craft. In 1865 he was assistant in the Harvard Observatory, and the following year an assistant professor of mathematics at the Naval Academy. In 1887, as director of the Allegheny Observatory, he devised the bolometer and other scientific apparatus. In 1881 he organized a successful expedition to Mount Whitney, Calif. Professor Langley was honored by degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Yale, among other universities.<br/><br/>
			'''NAMESAKE''' (La Fayette) - Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette. (6 September 1757-20 May 1834)<br/><br/>
			The ships sponsor was Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins (née Louise Gill Macy), wife of the Special Assistant to President Roosevelt.
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JonBurdett: notes

2018-09-27T18:36:15Z

notes

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	~~Censored wartime (WWII) use~~		Last Day Postal Service
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JonBurdett: added 1 mark

2018-09-27T18:33:28Z

added 1 mark

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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>[[USS LANGLEY CVL-27_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</li>		<li>[[USS LANGLEY CVL-27_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944-46)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>		Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~220~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
	</tr></table>		</tr></table>

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			<h4>Post Office Established September 14 1943 - Disestablished March 25 1946</h4>

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	1944-07-09		1944-07-09
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 ~~19440709~~ pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 19440709r pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 19440709.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 19440709.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			Censored wartime (WWII) use
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			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type<br/>LDPS 2(n) Mar 25, 1946
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1946-03-25
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			[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 19460325 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 19460325.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	Censored wartime (WWII) use		Censored wartime (WWII) use
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	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	~~Earned~~ 9 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/><br/>		LANGLEY earned 9 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - Named in Honor of Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834 – February 27 1906) an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation		'''NAMESAKE''' - Named in Honor of Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834 – February 27 1906) an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation

JonBurdett: added 1 cover

2010-06-15T03:13:30Z

added 1 cover

New page

<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<ol>Independence Class Carrier<br/>
Ordered as Cleveland Class Light Cruiser FARGO CL-85<br/>
Reordered as carrier CROWN POINT CV-27 March 31 1942<br/>
Keel Laid April 11 1942<br/>
Renamed November 13 1942<br/>
Launched May 22 1943<br/>
Redesignated Aircraft Carrier Small (CVL) July 15 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LANGLEY CVL-27'''<br/>
Commissioned August 31 1943 - Decommissioned February 11 1947<br/><br/>
<li>'''LA FAYETTE R-96''' (French Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to France January 8 1951 and renamed<br/>
Commissioned June 2 1951<br/>
Returned to U.S. March 20 1963<br/><br/>
Stricken for disposal and scrapped 1964
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li>[[USS LANGLEY CVL-27_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="220">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944-07-09
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 19440709 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett langley cvl27 19440709.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Censored wartime (WWII) use


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
Earned 9 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named in Honor of Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834 – February 27 1906) an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation




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