Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet crew-manus-c-packet.md (27 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Lang
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lang-ff1060-pkt-crew-manus-c-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lang II (DE-1060) - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (1969) Vol. 4, pp. 44-45, verbatim transcription via hazegray.org (de1060.txt); live NHHC page located in Internet Archive index but serves 404/403 on direct fetch [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Lang II entry, namesake biography + specifications block + service paragraph; transcriber-appended dates paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake John Lang, seaman aboard sloop-of-war WASP, first to board HMS Frolic 18 October 1812; second ship of the name. Laid down by Todd Shipyards Corp., San Pedro, Calif., 25 March 1967; launched 17 February 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Ephraim P. Holmes (wife of Adm. Holmes, CINCLANT/SACLANT); scheduled for completion late 1969 and Pacific Fleet assignment. Specification block: displacement 3,403 t.; length 415 ft; beam 44 ft; draft 24 ft; speed 27 k.; complement 248; armament 1 5-in., ASROC; class Knox. Appended dates (sourced by transcriber to Bauer & Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p.243, and Naval Institute Proceedings May 1997 p.184 / May 1998 p.187): commissioned 28 March 1970; decommissioned 12 December 1991; stricken from the Navy Register 11 January 1995; transferred to the Maritime Administration 29 June 1996 for disposal at the Suisun Bay, Calif. site.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1967-1996
- Population
- Todd Shipyards (San Pedro) construction trades 1967-70; crew (design complement 248)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, milestones, and the design spec block - not materials or asbestos content. The entry predates commissioning (written 1969); all post-1969 dates come from the transcriber's appended Proceedings/Register sourcing, not the Dictionary text. The 30 June 1975 DE-to-FF reclassification is not stated in this transcription. Live NHHC page unreachable (404/403/429 during session); verbatim transcription used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register, LANG (FF 1060) (ex-DE 1060) status record (NAVSEA; live page no longer serves the record - Wayback capture 2024-07-26) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_FF_1060: VESSEL STATUS, MILESTONE DATES, PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR status record for this hull: classification FF 1060 (ex-DE 1060), class FF 1052 (Knox), UIC 54055; vessel status 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling)', status date 12/15/2001; builder 'TODD SY/SAN PEDRO'; award date 07/22/1964; keel 03/25/1967; launch 02/17/1968; delivery 03/20/1970; commission 03/28/1970; decommission 12/12/1991; stricken 01/11/1995; 33.8 years since launch at disposal, 21.0 years commission-to-decommission. Physical characteristics: overall length 438 ft / waterline 415 ft; extreme beam 47 ft; max navigational draft 25 ft; light displacement 3,250 t / full 4,246 t; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; 1 propeller; propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; accommodations 21 officers / 268 enlisted. Record last updated 12/12/2017.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1964-2001 (record last updated 2017)
- Population
- Dismantling workforce 2001; crew (NVR accommodations 21 officers, 268 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Registry record - confirms milestones, physical characteristics, and final disposal method/date; does not describe materials, asbestos content, the dismantling contractor, or site. NVR figures supersede the pre-completion DANFS spec block (e.g., complement 248 vs accommodations 289; displacement 3,403 vs 3,250/4,246) - conflict carried in gaps. Live NVR page no longer serves the record; archived capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-02
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[4]USS Valley Forge (CG-50) Command Operations Report for 1989, enclosure (1) (NHHC digitized command-history archives) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Valley Forge CG-50 1989 COR, enclosure (1), PACEX '89 narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy command-history document naming this hull: during PACEX '89 (5 September - 19 October 1989), Valley Forge operated under Commander, Carrier Group One in Battle Group Delta, 'which included USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64), USS JOHN YOUNG (DD 973), USS FANNING (FF 1076), USS KNOX (FF 1052), USS ROARK (FF 1053), USS GRAY (FF 1054), USS LANG (FF 1060), USS FLINT (AE 32), and USS KANSAS CITY (AOR 3).'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1989
- Population
- Battle Group Delta embarked crews, Sep-Oct 1989
- Limitations
- Operational roster only - documents Lang's participation in PACEX '89 as a Battle Group Delta unit; says nothing about materials, asbestos, or shipyard work aboard. Lang's own CORs were not located in NHHC's digitized collection.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-03
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[5]U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of History, 'Response to the Loma Prieta Earthquake,' Janet A. McDonnell (USACE, Fort Belvoir, 1993; ISBN 0-16-041730-9), p. 9 [other_primary]
- Locator
- USACE 'Response to the Loma Prieta Earthquake' (McDonnell 1993), p. 9, Navy-response paragraph; index entry 'USS Lang: 9'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USACE history of the 17 October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake response records: 'The USS Lang, moored in San Francisco Harbor, provided steam services for power generation to the city utility company. The USS Gray, also in the harbor, provided electrical services to Pacific Gas and Electric to support damage control in the Marina district. The USS Kansas City and USS Flint were also in San Francisco Bay with helicopter detachments on standby. The USS Texas provided communications coordination for the bay area.' Lang's steam-services role is consistent with her Paxex '89 battle-group presence in the bay at the time (ev-03).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1989-10
- Population
- Ship's engineering crew providing utility steam, Oct 1989
- Limitations
- Documents a disaster-response service event only - no materials, asbestos, or hazmat content. 'Steam services for power generation' aboard a 1,200-psi steam plant is an era-typical utility use, not evidence about insulation condition. USACE publications server returns 403 to automated fetches; text verified from the downloaded official PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-04
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[6]EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS) Facility Detail Report, HUNTERS POINT NAVAL SHIPYARD, registry 110002623796, San Francisco, CA - RCRAInfo handler listing 'USS LANG EX USS LANG WMAC INC', handler ID CAR000092437, SQG (Y) [other_primary]
- Locator
- FRS Facility Detail Report 110002623796, 'Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System' handler table and 'Alternative Names' table
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- EPA FRS detail report for the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (NPL Superfund site CA1170090087) lists this hull as a distinct RCRAInfo hazardous-waste handler at the site: 'USS LANG EX USS LANG WMAC INC', handler identification number CAR000092437, flagged SQG (small-quantity generator), status '(Y)' active - and repeats the name in the facility's alternative-names table (source: RCRAINFO). Sister hulls 'U S S MEYERKORD FF1058 EX U S S MEYERKO' (CAR000090613), 'USS GREY SF1054' (FF-1054), and 'U S S LOCKWOOD FF1064' appear in the same RCRAInfo listings at the site. A hull registered as its own waste generator at a shipbreaking site is the federal environmental record of that ship's dismantling there in 2001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2001 (registration-era)
- Population
- Ship Dismantling & Recycling JV dismantling workforce, Hunters Point, 2001
- Limitations
- Registration records hazardous-waste-generator status during dismantling - it does not enumerate waste streams, does not name asbestos or any specific material, and does not quantify quantities handled. The contractor suffix 'WMAC INC' appears verbatim in the registered handler name; its corporate identity is not decoded here. FRS is a registry cross-index; per-handler RCRAInfo detail (manifests, waste codes) is not publicly deep-linkable. Documents dismantling location and regulated-waste status only - not asbestos content of this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-05
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[7]NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room, Asbestos index: MIL-I-24244(SHIPS) 'Insulation Materials, Thermal, with Special Corrosion and Chloride Requirements' (issue dated 8/22/65 with interim change through 9/5/73; superseded by asbestos-free MIL-I-24244A dated 2/12/74) + era QPLs (QPL-15091 asbestos-fiber insulation felt; QPL-15342 metallic-asbestos spiral-wound boiler gaskets; QPL-17340/33-P-16 high-pressure asbestos rod packing; QPL-17472 compressed asbestos sheet; asbestos cloth/tape items) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room 'Asbestos' index table (spec titles + QPL entries with date ranges)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/specification inference: this hull's entire construction window (keel 25 March 1967 to delivery 20 March 1970) falls inside the in-force period of MIL-I-24244(SHIPS), the Navy thermal-insulation specification that listed asbestos material types for shipboard insulation, and inside the active periods of the era asbestos QPLs for insulation felt, boiler gaskets, packing, and sheet gasket material. As a Knox-class single-screw steam frigate (two 1,200-psi boilers, geared turbine - class data), period-standard asbestos applications for her type are boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1965-1974 (specification window); hull 1967-2001
- Population
- Todd Shipyards construction trades 1967-70; crew 1970-91; reserve-fleet and dismantling personnel 1996-2001
- Limitations
- Class/era specification inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. MIL-I-24244 establishes what the Navy specification permitted/required during the build window, not what was installed aboard this hull; no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or GIB page for DE-1060 was reviewed. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-06
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[8]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (18 Oct 1979) - review of asbestos use/removal in Navy ships with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, highlights page + Navy letter response text
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO documents the Navy asbestos regime in force across this hull's service life: thermal-insulation specifications changed to asbestos-free materials in 1973 (after this hull was delivered); a 1975 Navy policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas; and a Navy letter reproduced in the report states that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' identifying thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping as the major application, with additional asbestos in deck tiling, electrical resistors, and cabling. GAO's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - Lang commissioned at Long Beach Naval Shipyard (secondary compilation).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1973-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (LBNSY/NNSY context); crews of in-service ships generally
- Limitations
- Program-level review naming no individual hull; the 'all ships' Navy statement is 1979-era general policy context, not a survey of this vessel. Does not establish what asbestos was aboard Lang, where, or in what quantity; does not tie any Long Beach yard asbestos event to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-07
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[9]GAO/NSIAD-99-18, 'Federal Surplus Ships: Government Efforts To Address the Growing Backlog of Ships Awaiting Disposal' (Oct 1998) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO/NSIAD-99-18 letter report, ship-scrapping hazards and backlog sections
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- GAO's surplus-ship disposal review documents the hazardous-material regime under which this hull was later dismantled: citing a July 1997 MARAD study, 'ships typically contain environmentally hazardous materials such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), lead, mercury, and cadmium,' dismantled top-down with torches, and 'remediation of hazardous materials takes place prior to, as well as during, the dismantling process.' The Navy reported 127 surplus ships available for scrap as of 1 August 1998 - Lang, transferred to MARAD custody 29 June 1996, was in this disposal inventory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1997-1998 (report); hull disposal 2001
- Population
- Federal ship-scrapping workforce (context)
- Limitations
- Program-level disposal context - names no individual hull and documents typical hazmat content of surplus ships, not asbestos aboard Lang specifically. Establishes the regulatory backdrop for the 2001 dismantling corroborated by the FRS record (ev-05), not a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-08
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[10]DOT Office of Inspector General report MA2000067 (MARAD ship disposal review, 2000) + OSHA Instruction CPL 2-0.129 (National Emphasis Program on Shipbreaking, effective 1 Aug 2001) implementing the 16 Nov 1999 DoD/DOT/EPA/DOL-OSHA interagency MOA on ship scrapping [other_primary]
- Locator
- DOT OIG MA2000067, 'Navy Pilot Ship Disposal Project Poses Competition for MARAD' section; OSHA CPL 2-0.129 directive header/references
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The DOT OIG documents the program under which this hull was scrapped: per the Interagency Panel on Ship Scrapping's recommendation, Congress authorized a Navy Ship Disposal Pilot Project in 1998 to test scrapping methods and quantify costs; 'on September 29, 1999, the Navy awarded four cost-plus contracts totaling $13.3 million for the scrapping of four vessels,' with follow-on potential covering up to 66 warships. The dismantling was subject to the 1999 interagency MOA (Navy/MARAD/EPA/OSHA), implemented for worker-safety inspections through OSHA's shipbreaking NEP (CPL 2-0.129, effective 1 August 2001 - in force during Lang's 2001 dismantling window).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1998-2001
- Population
- Pilot-project dismantling workforce (context)
- Limitations
- Program/oversight context - the OIG report does not name the four pilot vessels or sites, and no official document located names Lang as a pilot hull; the connection rests on the FRS RCRA registration at Hunters Point (ev-05) and secondary compilations. The MOA/NEP frame documents the inspection regime, not what materials were found aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-09
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[11]Batch-4598 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweep of ship name and hull numbers [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lang-ff1060-09 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located naming this hull at verified full-text level. Completed opinion-level queries: '"USS Lang"' count 0; '"U.S.S. Lang"' count 1 - Calmar S. S. Corp. v. United States (S.D.N.Y. 1951), commercial admiralty, name collision (non-asbestos, filed 16 years before this hull's keel; any vessel referenced would be the first Lang, DD-399); '"Lang" "FF-1060"' count 0; '"Lang" "DE-1060"' count 0; '"aboard Lang" asbestos' count 0. Docket-level queries returned: '"USS Lang"' = 2 results - Pelker v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (D. Or. 3:17-cv-01107, asbestos PI, 28:1442 removal; archival lead ev-11) and Warner Bros. Entertainment v. RDR Books (S.D.N.Y. 2007, copyright; collision); '"Lang" "FF-1060"' = 3 results - IN RE Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 master docket (JPML; 'FF-1060' token in indexed text, context unresolved), Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corp. (N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-03274, asbestos PI; ev-13), and Davis v. General Electric Co. (N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-00228, asbestos PI; ev-12). '"Lang" "DE-1060"' docket query remained queued under fleet-wide pacing at write time.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2008-2017 (docket filings); 2026-09-29 (sweep)
- Population
- Pelker, Davis, and Cronin plaintiffs (unverified from index)
- Limitations
- Opinion-level sweep complete (one non-asbestos collision, zero qualifying). Docket-level coverage partial: the 'DE-1060' docket query and full-text review of Pelker, Davis, Cronin, and Calmar remained blocked by fleet pacing at research time. 'Lang' is a common surname - all completed hits were collision-reviewed per litigation-stage discipline. The three asbestos dockets are pleading-stage removal artifacts: unadjudicated allegations whose hull references do not establish exposure aboard this vessel, asbestos presence, product identity, or legal eligibility. Absence of located litigation does not prove no pleading-stage case ever named the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-10
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[12]Pelker v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, No. 3:17-cv-01107 (D. Or.), Petition for Removal - Personal Injury / Asbestos Product Liability (filed 2017-07-17); removed under 28 U.S.C. 1442 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket index for 3:17-cv-01107 (D. Or.)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury removal docket in which 'USS Lang' appears in indexed CourtListener docket text; docket metadata confirms an asbestos product-liability case removed under the federal-officer statute (28:1442), but the vessel's role in the allegations - exposure site, vessel-list exhibit, or incidental reference - is not retrievable from the public index within the session's request budget.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2017 (litigation)
- Population
- Unverified from index
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage removal artifact only; unadjudicated. Does not establish exposure aboard this hull, asbestos presence, product identity, quantities, or legal eligibility. Hull attribution unresolved from index text: for a postwar exposure window the only commissioned USS Lang was this hull (first Lang, DD-399, was out of service 1945 and sold 1947). Full-text review of the complaint blocked by fleet-wide pacing at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-11
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[13]Davis v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-00228 (N.D. Cal.), multi-plaintiff asbestos personal-injury complaint (filed 2008-01-14, terminated 2016-06-13) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket index for 3:08-cv-00228 (N.D. Cal.)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos docket in which the token 'FF-1060' appears in indexed CourtListener docket text. This is the same Brayton Purcell multi-plaintiff complaint in which sister hull USS Knox was named by designation (batch-4596 verified 'KNOX (FF-1052)' appears in plaintiff Robert Schoelzel's work-history exhibit listing naval vessels allegedly worked on or around at Long Beach Naval Shipyard 1974-1978); whether the 'FF-1060' token here references this hull in a parallel vessel-list exhibit is unresolved at index level.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1974-1978 (alleged exposure window per sister-hull exhibit); 2008-2016 (litigation)
- Population
- Multi-plaintiff asbestos complaint incl. Robert Schoelzel (LBNSY Marine Mechanic 1974-78; sister-hull parallel from batch-4596)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage removal artifact; unadjudicated. The 'FF-1060' token is highly distinctive (a hull designation, not a common word) but its context in the docket - vessel-list exhibit vs. incidental reference - is unverified; complaint full-text retrieval was blocked by fleet pacing. Does not establish exposure aboard this hull, asbestos presence, product identity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-12
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[14]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corporation, No. 3:08-cv-03274 (N.D. Cal.), asbestos personal-injury diversity complaint (filed 2008-07-08, terminated 2008-09-30) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket index for 3:08-cv-03274 (N.D. Cal.)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury docket against this hull's builder (Todd Shipyards Corporation) in which the token 'FF-1060' appears in indexed CourtListener docket text; the vessel's role in the allegations is not retrievable from the public index.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2008 (litigation)
- Population
- Unverified from index
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage docket reference only; unadjudicated and terminated within three months of filing. Does not establish exposure aboard this hull, asbestos presence, product identity, quantities, or legal eligibility; the FF-1060 reference could be a vessel-list exhibit or incidental mention. Full-text review blocked by fleet pacing at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-13
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[15]NARA, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (deck-log series 594258, coverage 1941-1978) + NHHC digitized Command Operations Report collection (history.navy.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA digitized deck-logs index (Lang absent); NHHC COR dam-path probes (404); NARA ship-records research guidance
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Lang's 1970-78 deck logs fall inside NARA's deck-log series 594258 (1941-1978 coverage), but no Lang entry appears on NARA's published digitized-logs index - the logs exist in archival custody (post-1978 logs in later textual series) but are not digitized; retrieval requires an Archives II request. No Lang Command Operations Report was located in NHHC's digitized COR collection (URL-pattern probes for lang-de-1060/lang-ff-1060 returned 404; a sister ship's 1989 COR - ev-03 - was located and names this hull). NARA RG 19/BuShips 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are a further archival lead.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1970-1991 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew 1970-91 (deck-log subjects)
- Limitations
- Archival availability only - no contents reviewed. Deck logs and CORs document operations and personnel, not materials inventories; whether any Lang COR or GIB page exists and what it contains is unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lang-ff1060-14