U.S.A. · Tier IV Aircraft Carrier

Langley

Class skill tree verified — ship-specific build pending verification
Class skill tree verified — ship-specific build pending verification
Class skill tree verified — ship-specific build pending verificationTier IV · U.S.A. · Aircraft Carrier

Langley is in your fleet and its class tree — Aircraft Carrier Commander Skills — is fully verified, so you can browse every skill and its exact in-game effect below. We do not yet publish a recommended point-by-point progression for this ship.

We will never reuse another ship’s progression just because it shares a class. A build appears here only once it has been curated and checked for this specific ship.

Sources: Skill names, point costs and effects taken from the current World of Warships Wiki commander skill list (last edited 11 Aug 2026), using the current skill names rather than legacy aliases. Ship-specific recommendation: pending curation. Unofficial companion tool — not affiliated with or endorsed by Wargaming.

Aircraft Carrier Commander Skills — verified — 24 skills

Aircraft Carrier Commander Skills — 24 skills, 6 per row

Laid out like the in-game tree for this class. Each row is one point cost.

1 pt
  • Last Gasp1 pt · rating pending
  • Improved Engine Boost1 pt · rating pending
  • Engine Techie1 pt · rating pending
  • Air Supremacy1 pt · rating pending
  • Direction Center for Fighters1 pt · rating pending
  • Search and Destroy1 pt · rating pending
2 pts
  • Torpedo Bomber2 pt · rating pending
  • Swift Flying Fish2 pt · rating pending
  • Improved Engines2 pt · rating pending
  • Combat Maneuver Specialist2 pt · rating pending
  • Secondary Armament Expert2 pt · rating pending
  • Patrol Group Leader2 pt · rating pending
3 pts
  • Sight Stabilization3 pt · rating pending
  • Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition3 pt · rating pending
  • Pyrotechnician3 pt · rating pending
  • Aircraft Armor3 pt · rating pending
  • Survivability Expert3 pt · rating pending
  • Interceptor3 pt · rating pending
4 pts
  • Bomber Flight Control4 pt · rating pending
  • Proximity Fuze4 pt · rating pending
  • Defensive Fire Expert4 pt · rating pending
  • Enhanced Aircraft Armor4 pt · rating pending
  • Hidden Menace4 pt · rating pending
  • Enhanced Reactions4 pt · rating pending

Showing 24 of 24 aircraft carrier commander skills . Class mechanics are verified; Langley has no ship-specific rating yet.

  • Last Gasp

    1 pt
    Ship-specific rating pending

    Fully restores the squadron's Engine Boost for the last attack flight.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Improved Engine Boost

    1 pt
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +5% aircraft Engine Boost duration.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Engine Techie

    1 pt
    Ship-specific rating pending

    -20% Engine Cooling cooldown.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Air Supremacy

    1 pt
    Ship-specific rating pending

    -5% aircraft restoration time.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Direction Center for Fighters

    1 pt
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +1 aircraft in the Combat Air Patrol (CAP) Fighter group.

    Does not apply to the Patrol Fighter consumable.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Search and Destroy

    1 pt
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +10% patrol radius of Patrol Fighters and Interceptors.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Torpedo Bomber

    2 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    -10% aerial torpedo arming distance.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Swift Flying Fish

    2 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +5% aerial torpedo speed.

    Listed on some older pages under the legacy name “Swift Fish”.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Improved Engines

    2 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +2.5% squadron speed.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Combat Maneuver Specialist

    2 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +1 charge and +10% action time for the squadron's In-flight Repair consumable.

    Current name for the in-flight repair skill; older pages still show it as “Repair Specialist”.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Secondary Armament Expert

    2 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    -10% secondary battery reload; +10% continuous AA and flak damage; +10% depth-charge damage.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Patrol Group Leader

    2 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +1 charge of the Patrol Fighter / Interceptor consumable.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Sight Stabilization

    3 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +7.5% aiming speed for attack squadrons.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition

    3 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +3% damage of AP bombs and AP rockets.

    Does not increase penetration.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Pyrotechnician

    3 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +1% fire chance for HE rockets; +5% fire chance for HE bombs.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Aircraft Armor

    3 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    -10% continuous AA damage received by your aircraft.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Survivability Expert

    3 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +25 aircraft HP per ship tier.

    Has no effect on the carrier's own hull HP.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Interceptor

    3 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    Patrol Fighters are replaced by Interceptors: +10% patrol radius, invulnerable to enemy fighters, but they cannot attack fighters and cannot spot ships.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Bomber Flight Control

    4 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    +5% cruising speed of bombers.

    Does not apply to torpedo bombers.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Proximity Fuze

    4 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    Reduces the target's torpedo protection by 10 percentage points.

    No effect against ships without torpedo protection, such as destroyers.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Defensive Fire Expert

    4 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    Greatly increases the carrier's own short-range continuous AA damage.

    Current name for the skill previously called “Close Quarters Expert”. The exact current multiplier was not independently confirmed, so no number is stated here.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Enhanced Aircraft Armor

    4 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    -25% flak damage received by your aircraft.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Hidden Menace

    4 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    -15% carrier detectability and -20% Damage Control Party cooldown, at the cost of -50% safe flight altitude and -50% returning squadron speed.

    The lower safe altitude and slower return trip mean squadrons spend longer exposed while climbing out and returning to the carrier.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.

  • Enhanced Reactions

    4 pts
    Ship-specific rating pending

    Patrol Fighters / Interceptors: -80% time before attack, +25% action time, +50% arrival time.

    Ship-specific rating pending verification.