USS Langley

Survived

Type	Aircraft carrier
Class	Independence
War	Second World War
Main guns	26 × 1.6″ guns

Service

to 1951	Langley	USA
from 1951	La Fayette Lent to France	France

Light carrier, named for the first US carrier. Fought at the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, and her aircraft attacked Yamato. Lent to France in 1951 as La Fayette.

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) underway off Cape Henry, Virginia (USA), with two North American SNJ Texan training planes on her flight deck, 6 October 1943. Photo: USN, photographed by a blimp of squadron ZP-14, out of NAS Weeksville, N.C., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

26 × 40 mm guns

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	11 April 1942
Launched	22 May 1943
Commissioned	31 August 1943
Displacement	11,000 tons
Length	622.5 ft (189.7 m)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	1,569 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

22 May 1943

Battle of the Philippine Sea

Survived

19–20 June 1944

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea

Survived

24 October 1944

Battle off Cape Engaño

Survived

25–26 October 1944

Operation Ten-Go

Survived

7 April 1945

Renamed La Fayette

France

1951 · Lent to France