file created: 12/07/02 00:51:51 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-399 Lang
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Benham 1937/04/05
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1938/08/27 1939/05/26 1947/10/31
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43-44: Ms 21, 44-45: Ms 22TABLE>

WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon8/DesDiv15 off Norfolk   81  114 
42/06/10 42/06/19   18/DesDiv15/DF joinPac  
42/08   Watch 18/DesDiv15/DF     66 
42/08/23 42/09/10   18/screen/DesRon12/DesDiv15/DF xEasSol  
42/09 43/01     from New Hebrides - escort and patrol duty to Solomons   66 
43/01/22 43/01/24     shell Kokumbona   66 
43/03/10 43/03/15     Efate   88 
43/04/25 43/05/06     Efate   88 
43/05/08 43/06/18     Efate   88 
43/06 43/07 Toena 31.1.1     66 
43/07/24 43/07/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/06     31.2/DesRon8/DesDiv15 xVelLav  
43/08/16 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/21 43/12 Galvan 50     66 
43/12/08   Galvan 50.8 shell Nauru   66 
43/12/12 43/12/14     Esp. Santo   88 
44/01/16 44/03/15 Flint 58/DesDiv15     66 
44/02/13 44/02/18 Hailst 58.3/DesDiv15     66  104 
44/03/15 44/05/2?     escort duty   66 
44/06/06 44/08 Forage 58.4/DesDiv15     81 
44/06/06 44/08 Forage 58.4/DesDiv15     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesDiv15 xPhilip   81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesDiv15 xPhilip   81 
44/08/10 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/17       Tulagi   66 
44/08/31       lay mines and shell Wewak   66 
44/09/16 44/10/03     2 reinforcement convoys to Morotai   66 
44/10/03 44/10/05 Stale2   sail from Morotai to Humboldt Bay   66 
44/10/08       helping disabled Shelton   66 
44/10/10 44/10/31 King2 77     66 
44/12/24 45/01/10 Mike1 78     66 
45/01/10 45/01/11 Mike1 79.14.2 sail from Lingayen Gulf toward Leyte, detached back to Lingayen   105 
45/03/27 45/04/29 Iceber 53.6/DesDiv4/DF     66 
45/04/07   Iceber 53.6/DesDiv4/DF Okinawa - RP - helping damaged Wesson   66 
45/04/12   Iceber   Okinawa/RP2 - moved to RP1  
45/04/28   Iceber   damaged in collision with AO Brazos at Kerama Retto (26-11N, 127-20E)   85 
45/04/29 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1     66 
45/05/28 45/06/11 Iceber 32.1?     66 
45/06/11 45/07/03     sail Okinawa > San Francisco   66 
45/07/03 45/08     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
45/08/1?       leftPac - Panama Canal   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 11 Battle Stars
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