File:USS Langley (CV-1) being converted to an aircraft carrier at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 14 May 1921 (NNAM.1996.488.010.002).jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) under conversion from a collier to an aircraft carrier at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia (USA), on 14 May 1921. USS Langley (AC-3) was decommissioned as a collier on 20 March 1920. Recommissioned as CV-1 on 20 March 1922, she served as an aircraft carrier until 26 February 1937. After a second conversion, the Langley became a seaplane tender (AV-3) on 21 April 1937.
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Source U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo NNAM.1996.488.010.002; U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News December 1970 [1]
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