| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benham |
| Pennant | DD 399 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 Apr 1937 |
| Launched | 28 Aug 1938 |
| Commissioned | 30 Mar 1939 |
| End service | 16 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 16 October 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Lang (DD 399)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| John Lester Wilfong, USN | Oct 1943 | ||
| 1 | Felix Leslie Johnson, USN | 30 Mar 1939 | Oct 1940 |
| 2 | Erskine Austin Seay, USN | Oct 1940 | |
| 3 | Harold Payson, Jr., USN | Oct 1943 |
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Noteable events involving Lang include:
24 Jan 1942
USS Lang picks up 22 survivors from the British merchant Empire Wildebeeste that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-106 east of New York in position 39.30N, 59.54W.
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