USS Lang (FF-1060)

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USS Lang (FF-1060)
USS Lang (FF-1060)
Career (US) United States Navy ensign
Class and type: Knox-class frigate
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
Status: Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling December 15, 2001
General characteristics
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 (50 km/h)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (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
Motto: 1812-1970

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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