Chronology of World War II

Friday, February 27th


USS Langley Being Abandoned


USS <i>Langley</i> Being Abandoned
USS Langley being abandoned after receiving crippling damage from Japanese bombs, south of Java, February 27, 1942. The US destroyer Edsall (DD-219) is standing by off Langley's port side. Photographed from the US destroyer Whipple (DD-217). (Courtesy of Captain Lawrence E. Divoll, USN(Retired), 1981. US Naval Historical Center Photograph.)