LANGLEY CVL 27

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Independence Class Carrier Ordered as Cleveland Class Light Cruiser FARGO CL-85 Reordered as carrier CROWN POINT CV-27 31 March 1942 Keel Laid 11 April 1942 - Renamed LANGLEY 13 November 1942 Launched 22 May 1943 - Redesignated Aircraft Carrier Small (CVL) 15 July 1943 USS LANGLEY CVL-27 Commissioned 31 August 1943 - Decommissioned 11 February 1947 LA FAYETTE R-96 (French Naval Service) Transferred to France 8 January 1951 and renamed Commissioned 2 June 1951 Returned to US 20 March 1963 Stricken for disposal and scrapped 1964

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Langley CVL-27 Covers Page 1     (1944-1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established 14 September 1943 - Disestablished 25 March 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-07-09

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-10

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1946-03-25

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

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.

NAMESAKE - Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 1834 - 27 February 1906)
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.

NAMESAKE (La Fayette) - Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette. (6 September 1757-20 May 1834)

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins (née Louise Gill Macy), wife of the Special Assistant to President Roosevelt.

 

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