Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Lamons

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Lamons
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-LCM-DE743-1 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Lamons (DE-743) at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 21 March 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Lamons29 February 1944 — 14 June 1946552 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Lamons
Builder
Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California
Laid down
10 April 1943
Launched
1 August 1943
Commissioned
29 February 1944
Decommissioned
14 June 1946
Struck
1 August 1972
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 15 October 1973 (1973)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Lamons was a Cannon-class destroyer escort, operated by the United States Navy. Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California laid her keel on 10 April 1943. Launched on 1 August 1943, she entered service on 29 February 1944.

Her class ran to 79 ships. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 552 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 14 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 15 October 1973.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Lamons on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-LCM-DE743-1 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons