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CV-1 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 (AC-3), and also the US Navy's first turbo-electric-powered ship.
Conversion of another collier was planned but canceled when the Washington Naval Treaty required the cancellation of the partially built Lexington-class battlecruisers Lexington and Saratoga, freeing up their hulls for conversion to the aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga. Langley was named after Samuel Pierpont Langley, an American aviation pioneer. Following another conversion to a seaplane tender, Langley fought in World War II

. On 27 February 1942, she was attacked by nine twin-engine Japanese bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd Naval Air Flotillas and so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled by her escorts.

Controls:
-Q And E To turn
-activate 1 to Turn on Lights
-VTOL For Hangar Platform
-Movement and Turning quite slow, but it make sense since it was an aircraft carrier
-actually Can Carry light small Aircrafts

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 82.0ft (25.0m)
  • Length 554.7ft (169.1m)
  • Height 95.0ft (29.0m)
  • Empty Weight 215,278lbs (97,648kg)
  • Loaded Weight 252,771lbs (114,655kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.266
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.003
  • Wing Loading 49.9lbs/ft2 (243.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 5,062.6ft2 (470.3m2)
  • Drag Points 214988

Parts

  • Number of Parts 827
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 2,224