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AV-3 Langley
United States Navy seaplane tender
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Langley 1911/10/18
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1912/08/24 1922/03/20 1942/02/27
sunk
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AsiaFlt/PatWing10 Manila Bay   81  114 
42/02/17       Darwin - sail to Fremantle  
42/02/22       Fremantle - sail to Java with 27 P-40 - convoy MS-5  
42/02/27       disabled (Takao kokutai) 75 nm S of Tjilatjip (08-58S, 109-02E), scuttled by Whipple   85 
44/08/12 44/08/18     Eniwetok   88 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 08-58S, 109-02E
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: nickname "Covered Wagon"