USS Lang (FF-1060)
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.jpg/300px-USS_Lang_(FF-1060).jpg) USS Lang (FF-1060) |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | July 22, 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards - Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | March 25, 1967 |
| Launched: | February 17, 1968 |
| Acquired: | March 20, 1970 |
| Commissioned: | March 28, 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | December 12, 1991 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Motto: | 1812-1970 |
| Fate: | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling December 15, 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,250 tons (4,246 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots (31 mph/50 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (23 mph/37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: | one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Lang (FF-1060) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy. Named for John Lang, the first man on USS Wasp to board HMS Frolic in the closing stage of action 18 October 1812, and his ardor and impetuosity carried the remainder of the boarding party with him. Lang was laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyards - Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California, 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. Lang was delivered March 20, 1970 and commissioned March 28, 1970. Lang was decommissioned December 12, 1991, struck January 11, 1995 and disposed of by scrapping, dismantling December 15, 2001.
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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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