Chronology of World War II
Friday, February 27th
USS
Langley
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.)