"uss langley aircraft type carried" Topic

guys what aircraft did the first uss langley aircraft carrier carry throughout her career

T4M for one.

Boeing F2B-1
Vought VE-7
Aeromarine 39-B
Curtiss CS/SC/T2M
Douglas DT-1/2/3
Douglas T2D/P2D
Martin BM-1/BM-2
Martin T3M
Boeing F3B
Boeing P-12/F4B
Boeing PW-9/FB1/FB4/FB5
Curtiss-Wright F6C/P-1 Hawk
Chance Vought O2U/O3U/V-65/V-92/V-93 Corsair

And when a seaplane tender in 1938 the P2Y-3. Robert

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The Navy didn't use the P-12. They used the F4B instead, which was a P-12 with a radial engine. Same deal with the PW-9/FB-5.

All naval airplanes had radial engines, because they withstood the strains of carrier operations better than inline engines (plumbing came loose after frequent carrier landings and had to be replaced).

Add the Naval Aircraft Factory TS-1 to the list too.

Mike

You also missed the P-1 which was the Army version of the F6C Mike. Robert

Curtiss SOC Seagull also and I believe it was the seaplane tender for the PBYs operating in the Philippines before it was lost. Robert

Found out she carried 5 Vought OS2U Kingfisher too in 1942. And in some photos it looks like she is carrying Douglas RD-3 Dolphins too. Robert

Nice shot of her flight deck in 1928,

guys did she carry grumman f3f fighters

kaoschallenged
just found out that the kingfisher had interchangeable float/ wheel landing gear
question langleys kingfishers, were they catapult launched floatplanes
or did they use wheels taking off and landing on langleys flight deck

No they didn't. The F3Fs served in 3 squadrons. 2 Navy and 1 Marine. They were VF-5B on the Ranger and VF-6B on the Saratoga and the Marine squadron VF-4M. The Langley was being converted to a seaplane tender in 1936 and finished when the F3F first entered service in 1937. Robert

I am not sure about the Langley's OS2U Kingfishers. I think I see two of the catatpults forward but not sure.

Can't speak to Langley prior to WWII commencing nor prior to her 1941 deployment in the Philippines.

However, by that time she had been converted to seaplane tender. The conversion had seen the forward end of her flight deck removed and she was no longer capable of launching aircraft from her flight deck. That area became a storage/work area for aircraft that were hoisted aboard for service. Smaller aircraft could still be lower below and worked on below decks. She was ably assisted by three other much smaller seaplane tenders as the seaborne maintenance facilities for the aircraft of Patrol Wing 10 and, when necessary, the observation aircraft for the fleet's cruiser air detachments.

By December 1941 PatWing 10 had 28 PBY-4 aircraft operational in two nominal Patrol Squadrons and an "ad-hoc" utility detachment of composed of several SOC/SON and OS2U float observation planes. Although these planes could be switched over to a wheeled configuration, in the event the planes operated exclusively from water.

In my notes at home I have a listing of the planes and their fates.

Mark E. Horan

Nice kit of the Langley and photos of the USS Langley model at the Pensacola Museum of Naval Aviation.
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And found a better shot of the Langley. No Catapults in site on it,

Robert

And a sad end. Robert

Forgot to mention that I believe the last photo I posted was of the Langley in 1938 or 39. Robert