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

USS Lyman

Evarts-class destroyer escort

USS Lyman
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-302-2481-44 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Lyman (DE-302) off San Francisco, California (USA), on 23 April 1944. The ship is painted in Design 3D of the Camouflage Measure 31-32-33 series. Note that her medium-tone (Ocean Gray 5-O) paint patches are outlined in black.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Lyman19 February 1944 — 5 December 1945561 days of the war
Evarts-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Lyman
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
22 April 1943
Launched
19 August 1943
Commissioned
19 February 1944
Decommissioned
5 December 1945
Struck
19 December 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 26 December 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
Range
4,150 nmi (7,686 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Lyman was a Evarts-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Mare Island Navy Yard on 22 April 1943. Launched on 19 August 1943, she entered service on 19 February 1944.

She was one of 67 ships of her class. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,140 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 198. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 561 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 5 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 19 December 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 26 December 1946.

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 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun
  • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Lyman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo DE-302-2481-44 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons