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  Ship Caption The USS ''Langley'' underway near San Diego, CA
  Ship Country (US)
  Ship Builder Mare Island Naval Shipyard
  Ship Laid Down 18 October 1911
  Ship Launched 14 August 1912
  Ship Commissioned 7 April 1913 <br> 20 March 1922
  Ship Decommissioned 24 March 1920
  Ship Renamed ''Jupiter'' to ''Langley'' 11 April 1920
  Ship Reclassified Collier to CV<br>CV to AV 21 April 1937
  Ship Fate Wrecked by Japanese air attack 27 February 1942 , scuttled by own escorts
  Ship Struck 8 May 1942
  Ship Displacement 19,360 tons (as ''Jupiter'')<br>11,500 tons (as ''Langley'')
  Ship Length 542 feet
  Ship Beam 65 feet
  Ship Draught 27 feet 8 inches (as ''Jupiter'')<br>18 feet 11 inches (as ''Langley'')
  Ship Speed 15 knots
  Ship Complement 163 officers and men (as ''Jupiter'')<br>468 officers and men (as ''Langley'')
  Ship Armament 4 &times 4 inch guns (as ''Jupiter'')<br>4 &times 5 inch 51 caliber guns (as ''Langley'')
  Ship Armour None
  Ship Aircraft None (as ''Jupiter'')<br>55 (as ''Langley'')
  Ship Honours Mexican Service Medal / World War I Victory Medal ("Transport" clasp) (as ''Jupiter'')<br>American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp) / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal / World War II Victory Medal (as ''Langley'')