• Black and white grainy image of Samuel Pierpont Langley
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    The namesake for the USS Langley was Samuel Pierpont Langley, aviation pioneer and third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.  Langley tested his aircraft, the Langley Aerodrome, on a houseboat in the Potomac River, connecting him in a way to naval aviation. (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, NASM 2003-30822)

  • Black and white grainy image of Samuel Pierpont Langley

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