USS Lamson
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USS
Lamson was a Mahan class destroyer laid down by Bath
Iron Works company in March 1934. She was launched in
June
1936 and commissioned five months later. After sea
trials in the Atlantic and Caribbean she was assigned to
the Pacific Fleet in 1937. After the Japanese surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 she served as an
escort and took part in the Battle of Tassafaronga, and
operations around the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.
She was hit by a Japanese Kamikaze airplane in July
1944, and was withdrawn for quick repairs in 1945. She
finished her service in the waters around Iwo Jima in
late 1945, abd was assigned as a target ship in
Operation Crossroads the following year.. She earned
herself five Battle Stars for her service under World
War Two.
She was struck and sunk by the atomic bomb Baker 2. July
1946 outside the Bikini Atoll, and rest today on a depth
of 35 to 45 meter.
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| GPS: 11° 37.273' N, 165° 29.126' E ( Source: Scuba Doctor )  Picture: USS Lamson after a Kamikaze attack in 1944 Courtesy of US Navy, Public domain Last updated: February 2019 |
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