U.S.S. Jupiter
Collier No.3
AC-3
1913
(Saratoga SMY-59)
- Class: Proteus - 4 colliers of 1910
- Displacement: 19,360 tons
- Dimensions: 542' x 65' x 27'8"
- Machinery: = 15 knots
- Armament: 4-4in/50
- Complement: 163
- Builder: Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
- Laid down: 18 Oct 1911
- Launched: 14 Aug 1912
- Commissioned: 7 Apr 1913 (Collier No.3)
- Recommissioned: 28 Mar 1922 (CV-1)
- Recommissioned: 21 Apr 1937 (AV-3)
- Notes: Built as fleet Collier No.3, later AC-3, Jupiter. Conversion to aircraft carrier authorized in 1919 and carried out at Norfolk Navy Yard starting in Mar 1920. Commissioned as CV-1 Langley in 1922. Converted to seaplane tender 1936-37, with forward deck cut down. Recommissioned as AV-3 Langley on 21 Apr 1937. Hit and sunk by Japanese high-level bombers 27 Feb 1942 south of Chilachap while attempting to deliver 32 P-40s for the Java defences.
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