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Langley

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U.S.A. · Tier III · Aircraft Carrier · Tech Tree: Bomber Carriers

Strike carrierRepeated squadron strikes; manage planes and positioning.

Playstyle

Keep destroyer lanes lit and attack targets that are isolated or already distracted by surface ships
Avoid: Do not farm blindly or throw planes into every visible battleship

Community Data

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Playstyle

Overview

Langley is a Tier III American carrier whose bombs, fire chance, aircraft count, restoration, speed, HP, and detectability have all been adjusted. Play her as a fundamentals carrier focused on spotting, patient drops, and conserving planes.

Positioning

Keep destroyer lanes lit and attack targets that are isolated or already distracted by surface ships. Langley’s slower low-tier aircraft need short, safe strike paths and careful target choice.

Potato Avoidance

Farm blindly or throw planes into every visible battleship

Langley’s value disappears when aircraft losses prevent late-game spotting and finishing attacks.

Acquisition

How to get Langley

Langley is available in the Bomber Carriers branch of the U.S. Tech Tree for 270,000 credits after researching it in the branch.

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U.S. Tech Tree

Langley sits in the Bomber Carriers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.

U.S. aircraft carriers are all-rounders, effective with both dive bombers and torpedo bombers. However, they have a bias toward their powerful high-explosive bombs over torpedoes.

Advantages: Powerful HE dive bombers, Large hangars
Disadvantages: Poor torpedo performance

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Light cruiser split

Battleship

Alternative battleship

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Carrier

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Builds Beta

Build for restoration, aircraft survivability, and basic bomb/torpedo consistency. Current guidance should reflect reduced bomb damage/fire chance and longer restoration.

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Stats and specs

Langley stats

Detailed specs are not available for this ship. This ship is not in our current spec dataset. It may be a limited or legacy variant, a recent release we have not added yet, or a special edition that runs separately from the standard roster. In the meantime, you can look up Langley on the Wargaming wiki. If you own this ship and would like us to add full specs, let us know.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Langley. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×11Buff ×8Rework ×2Airstrike ×2Torpedo ×5

2024-06-27

Ministry of Balance: Aerial Adjustments

Torpedo.
Torpedo bomber restoration time increased from 40 to 52 s.
Dive bomber restoration time increased from 36 to 48 s.
Dive bomber base speed reduced from 109 to 103 kts.

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2024-05-24

Ministry of Balance: Carriers 2.0 – First Wave

Bombs per aircraft increased from 1 to 3.
Bomb damage reduced from 9,950 to 4,000.
Bomb fire-setting chances reduced from 43 to 24%.
Bomb splash radius reduced.
Maximum hangar aircraft increased from 10 to 12.
Starting hangar aircraft reduced from 10 to 9.
Aircraft restoration time reduced from 55 to 36 seconds.
Maximum HP per aircraft reduced from 1,900 to 1,500 (squadron HP reduced from 11,400 to 9,000).
Base speed increased from 99 to 109 knots.
Aircraft maximum flight range set to 31 kilometers.
+4 more official change lines in the source post.

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2022-09-29

Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes

Surface detectability range changed from 10.6 to 10.7 km; air detectability range changed from 7.4 to 7.5 km.
Dive bomber HP changed from 1,800 to 1,900; torpedo bomber HP changed from 1,710 to 1,800.

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2022-03-03

March update: All That is Gold Does Not Glitter

Damage from both dive and torpedo bombers increased by 5%.
Their speed increased by 10 kts.

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2021-09-30

Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble

Detectability range by sea increased from 8.4 to 10.6 km.
Detectability range by air increased from 6.2 to 7.5 km.

Read the full official post

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Langley can equip, from in-game data.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.

2021-01-28 · Patch notes Update: February 2021 Patch notes 2021-06-18 · Patch notes June-July Update: The Liberty Zeitgeist Patch notes 2021-09-30 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble Patch notes 2022-03-03 · Patch notes March update: All That is Gold Does Not Glitter Patch notes 2022-09-29 · Patch notes Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Patch notes