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| 110k | Born 17 June 1794 in Curacao, D.W.I., and a resident of New Brunswick, N.J., John Lang was a seaman on board Wasp during her engagement with HMS Frolic 18 October 1812. He was the first man to board the British ship in the closing stage of the action, and his ardor and impetuosity carried the remainder of the boarding party with him. | Bill Gonyo |
| 201k | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ, Navy officials gathered here, 27 August 1938, to launch the new torpedo boat destroyer, USS Lang (DD-399), named for a seaman who served gallantly in 1812. In this picture, left to right, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison and Mrs. Edison; Mrs. William D. Leahy and her husband Admiral Leahy. In the rear, Lynn H. Korndorff, President of the Federal Ship Yards here in New Jersey. Image from Acme Newspictures. | Bill Gonyo |
| 387k | Newspaper clipping of the launching on August 28 1938 at Kearny, NJ. | Dale Hargrave |
| 95k | USS Lang (DD-399) Photographed at the time of her delivery to the Navy, circa early 1939. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
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182k | Christmas dinner menu from 1939. | Robert Dunn |
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131k | Aerial view of Lang (DD-399) on East river, New York harbor, circa 1940. | Dave Wright |
| 167k | USS Lang (DD-399), Refueling from USS Enterprise (CV-6), while underway at sea in 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo #: 80-G-21014-C. | Robert Hurst |
| 165k | USS 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 |
| 50k | Our Navy magazine March 1943. | Chet Morris |
| 127k | USS 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 |
| 120k | USS 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 |
| 92k | Stern view of the USS Lang (DD 399) departing Mare Island on 26 Oct 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 87k | Broadside 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 |
| 88k | Bow on view of the USS Lang (DD 399) departing Mare Island on 26 Oct 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 162k | USS Lang (DD 399) off Mare Island on October 28, 1943. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker |
| 92k | USS Lang (DD399) as seen from USS Gallup (PF47) on 15 October 1944. Both at that time were escorting transport task groups from Humboldt Bay to Leyte Gulf. Photographer noted as George Arend, US Army. NA Signal Corps 260634. Lang is in camo pattern 2c. | Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine |
| 149k | USS Lang in her 1945 configuration after the anti-aircraft augmentation. | Tim Rizzuto |
| 91k | Navy Photo 6012-45, stern view of USS Lang (DD 399) departing Mare Island on 17 Aug 1945. | Darryl Baker |
| 81k | Navy 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 |
| 195k | USS 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 |
| 64k | At Mare Island 17-21 August 1945 (NARA 80G 344882). | Rob Rielly |
