>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1969) Vol. 4, pp.44, 45.





LANG





	Born 17 June 1794 in Curacao, Dutch West Indies, and a 

resident of New Brunswick, N.J., John Lang was a seaman on 

board sloop-of-war WASP during her engagement with HMS 

FROLIC, 18 October 1812.  He was the first man to board the 

British ship in the closing stage of the action, and his 

ardor and impetuosity carried the remainder of the boarding 

party with him.





DE-1060

Displacement:  3,403 t. 

Length:  415’

Beam:  44’

Draft:  24’

Speed:  27 k.

Complement:  248

Armament:  1 5”; ASROC

Class:  KNOX



	The second LANG (DE-1060) was laid down by Todd 

Shipyards Corp., San Pedro, Calif., 25 March 1967; launched 

17 February 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Ephraim P. Holmes, wife 

of Admiral Holmes, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, and 

Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic Fleet; and is scheduled 

for completion in late 1969.



	Once commissioned, LANG will join the Pacific Fleet in 

exercises and training along the west coast and in the 

waters of troubled Southeast Asia.  With many traits of the 

swift and deadly destroyer, the escort ship is valuable not 

only in antisubmarine and amphibious warfare maneuvers but 

also in search, patrol, rescue, evacuation, blockade, and 

surveillance operations.  <This is the extent of the ship’s 

history in the “Dictionary.”>



	Commissioned on 28 March 1970, LANG was decommissioned 

on 12 December 1991, stricken from the Navy Register on 11 

January 1995 and transferred to the Maritime Administration 

on 29 June 1996 for disposal at the Suisan Bay, Calif. site.



K. Jack Bauer and Stephen S. Roberts, “Register of Ships of 

	the U. S. Navy, 1775-1990,” p.243.

Naval Institute “Proceedings,” May 1997, p.184; May 1998, 

	p.187. 

Internet Web Site:  

	“United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum”

		www.uss-salem.org





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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