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USS Lang (DD-399)
The first USS ''Lang'' (DD-399) was a ''Benham''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after John Lang, a sailor in the United States Navy. History ''Lang'' was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, 5 April 1937, launched 27 August 1938, sponsored by Mrs William D. Leahy, wife of Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations and commissioned 30 March 1939. ''Lang'' departed New York 12 August 1939 guarding President Franklin D. Roosevelt's passage to Campobello, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. In November, the destroyer left Newport, Rhode Island, for Galveston, Texas and duty on the Gulf Patrol. Transferred to the Pacific, she reached San Diego 18 March 1940 and Pearl Harbor 2 April, where she participated in fleet training exercises. She voyaged between the West Coast and Hawaii for the remainder of 1940 and early 1941 engaged in escort duties and training. In June 1941 she returned to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lang (sailor)
John Lang (17 June 1794 – 1850) was a sailor in the United States Navy. Born in Curaçao, Dutch West Indies, Lang was a resident of New Brunswick, New Jersey. 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 British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... ship in the closing stage of the action, and his ardor and impetuosity carried the remainder of the boarding party with him. USS ''Lang'' (DD-399) and USS ''Lang'' (FF-1060) were named for him. References 1794 births United States Navy sailors Year of death missing {{US-navy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the leader of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. He built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended in victory shortly after he died in office. Born into the prominent Roosevelt family in Hyde Park, New York, he graduated from both Groton School and Harvard College, and attended Columbia Law Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Ranger (CV-4)
USS ''Ranger'' (CV-4) was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. As a Washington Naval Treaty, Treaty ship, ''Ranger'' was the first U.S. vessel to be designed and built from the keel up as a carrier. She was relatively small, just long and under , closer in size and displacement to the first US carrier——than later ships. An island superstructure was not included in the original design, but was added after completion. Deemed too slow for use with the United States Pacific Fleet, Pacific Fleet's Fast Carrier Task Force, carrier task forces against Japan, she spent most of World War II in the Atlantic Ocean, where the German fleet, the ''Kriegsmarine'', was a weaker opponent. ''Ranger'' saw combat in that theater and provided air support for Operation Torch. In October 1943, she fought in Operation Leader, air attacks on German shipping off Norway. She was sold for scrap in 1947. Design and development Work began in 1925 on the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic (ocean)
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. Scientific explorations of the Atlantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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