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USS Lamons (DE 743)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - W - E

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 8 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

Lamons (DE 743) Building and Operational Data:

10 April 1943: Keel laid by the Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.

01 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Leora M. Lamons, widow of Boatswain Mate Second Class Kenneth Taft Lamons

29 February 1944: Commissioned at Western Pipe and Steel Yard 6, San Pedro, Lcdr. C. K. Hutchison in command

14 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 3½ months of sevice

01 August 1972: Struck from the NVR

15 October 1973: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0674303	188k	February 1944: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS *Lamons* (DE 743), more than likely at the Naval Operating Base at Terminal Island, San Pedro, Cal. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 10D. There are no extra panels on the stern and the triangular panel under the bridge has been modified. (U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo #19-LCM-DE743-1, courtesy of C. Lee Johnson at USN Dazzle, from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)		Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0674302	61k	undated wartime image		Jerry Church

Lamons History
View the USS Lamons (DE 743) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Lamons as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Lamons' Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 29 Feb. 1944 – 30 Nov. 1944	Lcdr. Charles Kenneth Hutchinson, USN (Comm. CO)
2.) 30 Nov. 1944 – 28 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Henry C. M. Lamkin, USNR
3.) 28 Dec. 1945 – 15 Mar. 1946	Cmdr. Parker Emanuel Cherry, USNR
4.) 15 Mar. 1946 – 03 May 1946	Lt.(jg) Charles E. Coulter, USNR
5.) 03 May 1946 – 01 Jun. 1946	Lt.(jg) Dan F. Evans, USNR
6.) 01 Jun. 1946 – 14 Jun. 1946	Lt.(jg) John V. Schmitz, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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