Lang (DE 1060) - Naval Cruise Book

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L Q4 1 ss Nr X :I . 5' ii wa -ill , T f if. i' USS LANG TCDAY 81 TOIVICRROW The USS LANG QFF-1060i is the sixth ship to be built of the KNOX QFF-1052! class of ocean going escorts. She was built at the Los Angeles division of Todd shipyard Corporation. The keel was laid on 25 March 1967 and on 28 March 1970 LANG was commissioned as a Warship of the United States Navy. LANG is an integral unit of today's modern Navy, capable of performing in a multi-threat environment. Though her primary function is Anti-submarine Warfare, LANG is well equipped to handle the tasks of Anti-air Warfare, Shore Bombardment, Aerial Search, Patrol and Command functions. The various systems that make up the ship are the most modern available, from the engineering plant to electronic systems to weaponry and to the microfilm efficiency of the supply system. v LANG, with a 4100 ton displacement and a length of 438 feet, can be driven through the water with speeds in excess of 27 knots. She hosts long range radar and sonar, conventional and rocket launched torpedoes, a 5 inch .54 gun, self defense surface-to-air missile system, and carries her own light airborne multipurpose system QLAMPSJ helicopter. All this is complemented by a crew of 230 men and 21 officers. Living accommodations include a TV lounge, sick bay, laundry, ships store, library, and efficient galley and comfortable berthing spaces all centrally air- conditioned. LANG is a unit of Destroyer Squadron 17, homeported in San Diego, California. Since commis- sioning, LANG has been deployed on 4 overseas cruises and has received for her actions the Viet-Nam Service Award lwith two starsl, Armed Forces Expeditionary Award, the Viet-Nam Campaign Award lwith devicel, and the award for combat action.

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Seamal gs I riglill 'fed lil yedhiil lo hall j in ill Wed ll i lvllmed 5, iiiel will Navy ll mill Seagull RW The first LANG QDD-399j was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydocking Company, Kearny, New Jersey. Her keel was laid 5 April 1937. She was launched 27 August 1938 and commissioned in New York Navy Yard 30 March 1939. LANG had a length overall of 341 feet, extreme beam of 35 feet, 6 inches, standard displacement of 1,850 tons, mean draft of 10 feet, 9 inches, a designed speed of 38.5 knots, and a designed complement of 9 officers and 175 men. She was originally armed with four 5-inch 38 guns, four .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, and sixteen 21-inch torpedo tubes. LANG QDD-399, blazed a spectacular trail through World War ll, sustaining only one two-inch hole in her hull for all her action. LANG participated in nearly every major Pacific campaign and lived up to the name she bore. She encountered the enemy many times, served on numerous patrols, stood guard and escort duties, steamed over mines, rescued the crew of the sinking destroyer 0'BRIEN, and saved 33 merchant seamen and three downed pilots from death in the sea. ln the Solomons, Gilberts, Marianas, and Philippines she bore her share and more of the grim drive toward victory, earning the Philippine Fiepublic's Presidential Unit Citation. Off Okinawa she braved kamikazes and weather for a continuous 92 days. For her efforts she was awarded 11 battle stars. After a short but glorious career, LANG was decommissioned on October 16, 1945.

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