abstract:USS Langley (CVL-27) was an 11,000-ton that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, and French Navy as the La Fayette from 1951 to 1963. Named for Samuel Pierpont Langley, American scientist and aviation pioneer, Langley received nine battle stars for World War II service.
It absolutely is, however, the 90-year accumulation of shared knowledge that the US Navy has amassed since 1922 when the first plane was launched from the deck of the USSLangley CV-1.