USS Lang (FF-1060)

USS Lang (FF-1060)
History
United States
Name	Lang
Namesake	John Lang
Ordered	22 July 1964
Builder	Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down	25 March 1967
Launched	17 February 1968
Sponsored by	Mrs. Ephraim P. Holmes
Acquired	20 March 1970
Commissioned	28 March 1970
Decommissioned	12 December 1991
Stricken	11 January 1995
Identification	FF-1060
Motto	1812–1970
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 15 December 2001
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,250 tons (4,246 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draft	24 ft 9 in (7.54 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) at 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 & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 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 United States Navy, in service from 1970 to 1991. She was sold for scrapping in 2001. The ship was 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.