File:USS Langley (AV-3) is torpedoed south of Java on 27 February 1942.jpg

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Description	English: The U.S. seaplane tender USS Langley (AV-3) is torpedoed following fatal bomb damage from Japanese dive bombers, south of Java, 27 February 1942. The photo was taken from the destroyer USS Whipple (DD-217).
Date	27 February 1942
Source	U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News May 1981 [1]; USN photo available at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, photo 1998.409.075 [2]; Official U.S. Navy photo NH 92475 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author	USN

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:47, 7 August 2015	5,659 × 4,301 (6.69 MB)	Cobatfor	NHHC photo
	19:32, 29 April 2009	2,115 × 1,594 (207 KB)	Cobatfor	Original USN photo
	23:24, 18 April 2008	304 × 207 (17 KB)	Cobatfor	{{Information \|Description=Low quality photo of a near miss of a Japanese bomb dropped on the U.S. seaplane tender ''USS Langley (AV-3)'' of Java, Netherlands East Indies, on 27 February 1942. The former first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was sunk that day.