US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Langley (CVL-27)
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USS Langley (CVL-27) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) underway off Ulithi on 12 December 1944.
USS Langley (CVL-27) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, and French Navy as La Fayette from 1951 to 1963.
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U.S. Navy Task Group 38.3 enters Ulithi anchorage in column, 2 December 1944, while returning from strikes on targets in the Philippines. Ships are (from front): USS Langley (CVL-27), USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Washington (BB-56), USS North Carolina (BB-55), USS South Dakota (BB-57), USS Santa Fe (CL-60), USS Biloxi (CL-80), USS Mobile (CL-63), and USS Oakland (CL-95).
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U.S. Navy Task Group 38.3 enters Ulithi anchorage in column, 2 December 1944, while returning from strikes on targets in the Philippines. Ships are (from front): USS Langley (CVL-27), USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Washington (BB-56), USS North Carolina (BB-55), USS South Dakota (BB-57), USS Santa Fe (CL-60), USS Biloxi (CL-80), USS Mobile (CL-63), and USS Oakland (CL-95).
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A U.S. Navy K-class airship of Blimp Patrol Squadron ZP-14 pictured in flight over the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) as she steams in the waters off Cape Henry, Virginia (USA), with two North American SNJ Texan training planes on her flight deck, 6 October 1943.
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The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) underway off Cape Henry, Virginia (USA), with two North American SNJ Texan training planes on her flight deck, 6 October 1943.