ANGEL On The YARDARM. The Beginnings of Fleet Radar Defense and the Kamikaze Threat. By John Monsarrat. The USS Langley (CVL-27) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. Author John Monsarrat served aboard the Langley from her pre-commissioning to the completion of her wartime duty during World War II. Monsarrat joined the ship as a lieutenant. The ship carried on the name and tradition of USS Langley (CV-1), the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, which had been sunk on February 27, 1942. The warship was originally ordered as a Cleveland-class light cruiser, but was converted to a carrier and renamed Langley in November 1942. Langley saw action in the Pacific against the Japanese. During January 1945, Langley supported the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Langley’s task group was attacked by two dive bombers in January, one bomb struck the center of Langley’s flight deck, which she survived. The carrier also support landings on Iwo Jima and later raided airfields on the Japanese homeland, and arrived off Okinawa in March. 1985 Softbound edition. 188 pages, 9 black and white photos, large two-page map showing Langley’s patrols, inside the front cover. Appendix, and index included.
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