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USS Lake (DE 301)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - C - N

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Evarts
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 - 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 - 1.1"/75 cal. Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183

Lake (DE 301) Building and Operational Data:

22 April 1943: Keel laid by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Cal.

18 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Carol M. Feldman

05 February 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr. A. D. Weekes, Jr. in command

03 December 1945: Decommissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard after 1 year and 10 months of service

19 December 1945: Struck from the NVR

14 December 1946: Sold for scrapping to the Puget Sound Navigation Co., Seattle, Wash.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0630102	170k	02 July 1943: Bow view of the USS *Lake* (DE 301) on the building ways at Mare Island. The USS *Lyman* (DE 302) is to the left. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-301-4813-43)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0630103	191k	02 July 1943: Stern view of the *Lake* on the building ways. The *Lyman* is to the right. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-301-4812-43)
0630104	114k	18 August 1943: Mrs. Carol M. Feldman christens the USS *Lake* (DE 301) at Mare Island Navy Yard. Left to right: Mrs. Josephine Wooden (Matron of Honor), Radm W. L. Friedell (Shipyard Commandant), Mrs. Carol M. Feldman (Sponsor) and Capt. W. E. Malloy (Yard Planning Officer). (U.S. Navy photo #DE-301-5986-43)
0630105	87k	18 August 1943: The USS *Lake* (DE 301) is seen immediately after her launching. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-301-5971-43)
0630109	709k	10 January 1944: Vallejo, Cal. - Bow on view of *Lake* and *Lyman* (DE 302) berthed at a fitting out dock at the Mare Island Navy Yard prior to commissioning. Aft of them are *Crowley* (DE 303) and *Rall* (DE 304). Immediately aft of *Rall* and *Crowley* are submarines USS *Mingo* (SS 261) and USS *Barb* (SS 220). The tender in the background is USS *Howard W. Gilmore* (AS 16) at her fitting out berth with *YD 33* along side. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-259 19-N-86023 from the National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy of Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
0630106	223k	April 1944: Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Cal. - The arrangement of the exhaust pipes inside her funnel betray her diesel power plant. Visible also is the passage from her open bridge to the sonar room located inside the forward end of the bridge structure. The range finder atop her bridge is for her 3" armament fire control.	Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands
0630107	334k	05 April 1944: Amidships looking aft plan view of *Lake* at Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-301-2162-44)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0630108	263k	05 April 1944: Forward plan view of *Lake* at Mare Island. The USS *Selfridge* (DD 357) is aft of *Lake. (U.S. Navy photo #*DE-301-2160-44)
0630110	91k	07 April 1944: Vallejo, Cal. - Starboard side view of USS *Lake* (DE 301) at Mare Island Navy Yard wearing 32/22d scheme. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 83882 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0630111	440k	07 June 1944: Vallejo, Cal. - A port broadside view of USS *Lake* (DE 301) underway, off Mare Island Navy Yard. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 83881* from the* Naval History and Heritage Command)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Lake History
View the USS Lake (DE 301) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.
View the official War History of USS Lake as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Lake's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 05 Feb. 1944 - 14 Oct. 1945	Lcdr. Arthur D. Weekes Jr., USNR (Comm. CO) (Nassau, N. Y.)
2.) 14 Oct. 1945 - 03 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Soloman Ribakoff, USNR (Decomm. CO) (Kanssas City, Mo.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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