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USS LANG (DD-399)

CLASS - BENHAM As Built.
Displacement 2250 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 340' 9" (oa) x 35' 6" x 12' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG 16 x 21" tt.(4x4).
Machinery, 50,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 184.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. April 5 1937.
Launched August 28 1938 and commissioned March 30 1939.
Decommissioned October 16 1945.
Stricken November 13 1945.
Fate Sold December 20 1946 and broken up for scrap.
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Lang 95kUSS Lang (DD-399) Photographed at the time of her delivery to the Navy, circa early 1939. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Lang 165kUSS Lang (DD-399) Underway at sea, 26 May 1942. Photographed from a USS Wasp (CV-7) aircraft. Note Lang's pattern camouflage. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Lang 50kOur Navy magazine March 1943.Chet Morris
Lang 127kUSS Lang (DD-399) Plan view amidships and forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 25 October 1943. Note railway cars with anchor chain and scrap on the wharf; ship's midships details, smokestack and foremast with the antenna for her SC-2 radar at its top. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
Lang 120kUSS Lang (DD-399) Plan view amidships and aft, taken from a pierside crane at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 25 October 1943. Note ship's quadruple torpedo tubes, life rafts (one fully outfitted with provisions), twin 40mm gun mounts and other details. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
Lang 92kStern view of the USS Lang (DD 399) departing Mare Island on 26 Oct 1943.Darryl Baker
Lang 87kBroadside view of the USS Lang (DD 399) off Mare Island on 26 Oct 1943. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 4 Sep until 29 Oct 1943.Darryl Baker
Lang 88kBow on view of the USS Lang (DD 399) departing Mare Island on 26 Oct 1943.Darryl Baker
Lang 149kUSS Lang in her 1945 configuration after the anti-aircraft augmentation.Tim Rizzuto
Lang 91kNavy Photo 6012-45, stern view of USS Lang (DD 399) departing Mare Island on 17 Aug 1945.Darryl Baker
Lang 81kNavy Photo 6016-45, bow on view of USS Lang (DD 399) departing Mare Island on 17 Aug 1945. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 3 July until 24 Aug 1945.Darryl Baker
Lang 195kUSS Lang (DD-399) plan view forward at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 August 1945 alongside the USS The Sullivans (DD-527). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
Lang 64kAt Mare Island 17-21 August 1945 (NARA 80G 344882).Rob Rielly
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