USS Lamson
 DD 367 (Mahan Class) 


Builder:        Bath Iron Works

Laid Down:      March 20, 1934

Launched:       June 17, 1936

Commissioned:   January 4, 1937

Decommissioned: 

Fate:           Expended July 2, 1946

                (Nuclear Tests at Bikini Atoll)

We are seeking information on the USS Lamson and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

The Mahan Class as Constructed 


          Displacement:  1,488 tons (2,103 tons full load)

          Length:        341 feet 4 inches

          Beam:          35 feet 5 inches

          Draught:       12 feet 4 inches

          Machinery:     

                         

          Performance:   49,000 shp for 36.5 knots

          Bunkerage:     522 tons

          Range:         6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots

          Guns:          five 5 inch; four .5 inch MG

          Torpedoes:     twelve 21 inch

Events:

Attached to ANZAC Squadron - February 1942
Engaged in action off Tassafaronga - November 30, 1942
Supported allied offensive in New Guinea area - summer 1943
Involved in assault on New Britain - December 1943
Struck by Kamikaze during assault at Leyte - 1944
Sunk during Bikini Nuclear tests - July 2, 1946

Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: USS Lamson

I am searching for info about my dad's ship the USS Lamson #367. He was injured during WWII in the Pacific and taken to Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital. He has always wondered what happened to his ship. Was it bombed? Was it put in mothballs? Any info would help...he is 80 yrs old.

Thanks,
Ann Barr

Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 13:39:30 -0700
From: Ann Barr [email protected]
Subject: USS Lamson

I can't tell you how much it pleased my dad (RL Massey) to find out that his ship had not been bombed in Pearl Harbor. He gave me some details about his injury. Until now he didn't want to talk about it. He was a radioman that was able to receive classified info and had received a priority message from the USS Enterprise for the Captain. It was the middle of the night and when he walked to the Officer of the Day's table a huge tidal wave washed over the ship. Two men went overboard and daddy was washed into a pole that held up the secondary lifeline. He lost a lot of blood and a doctor from the Enterprise had to come over to the ship. They didn't think that he would live but he did. He was transferred to Pearl Harbor and then to the San Diego Naval Hospital, which is where he stayed until he was well enough to be discharged.

He remembers that the year was 1940 and the Division Officer was Lt. Hayes. The Executive officer was Lt. Matthews. Two of his friends were Carbary (or Carbry) and John Feathers. If they are still alive he would love to hear from them or their family.

Thanks again,
Ann Barr


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