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Photo # 80-G-290898:  USS Lamson afire off Ormoc, Leyte, after being hit by a Kamikaze, 7 December 1944

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Lamson (DD-367), 1936-1946 --
Actions, Activities and Miscellaneous Views


This page features all the views we have concerning the actions and activities of USS Lamson (DD-367), plus miscellaneous images related to her.

For other photographs of this ship, see:

  • USS Lamson (DD-367), 1936-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: 80-G-47406

    Ormoc Bay Landings, December 1944


    A Mahan class destroyer bombards the objective area during landings on the shores of Ormoc Bay, Leyte, 7 December 1944.
    This ship is one of several Mahan class destroyers, wearing Camouflage Measure 31, Design 23d, that participated in this operation. "History of United States Naval Operations in World War II", Volume XII, includes this image captioned as Lamson (DD-367) entering Ormoc Bay. However, the original print in the illustrations package for that book also features a handwritten note stating that the ship is "probably Drayton" (DD-366).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-290898

    Ormoc Bay Landings, December 1944


    USS Lamson (DD-367) afire off Ormoc, Leyte, on 7 December 1944, after she was hit by a Kamikaze. The tug assisting with firefighting is probably USS ATR-31.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-290902

    Ormoc Bay Landings, December 1944


    Crewmen of USS Lamson (DD-367) swimming to USS Flusser (DD-368) to be rescued, 7 December 1944. Their ship, burning in the background, had been hit by a Kamikaze off Ormoc, Leyte, but survived and was repaired.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-601802

    USS Lamson
    (DD-367), at left,
    and
    USS Haraden (DD-585)

    At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in early 1945. They are to receive repairs for damage inflicted by Kamikaze attacks in December 1944.
    Lamson is wearing Camouflage Measure 31, Design 23d. Haraden's camouflage is Measure 31, Design 3d.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 85241-KN (Color)

    Operation "Crossroads", 1946

    Artwork by Grant Powers, U.S. Marine Corps, depicting USS Lamson (DD-367) blowing up before sinking following the "Able Day" atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1 July 1946.

    Donation of Miss Barbara Gilmore.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 153KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99402

    Commander Ernest G. Small
    , Commander Destroyer Division Three

    With the Commanding Officers of DesDiv 3's ships, probably on board USS Porter (DD-356), flagship of Destroyer Squadron Two. Taken on 21 March 1939, while DesDiv 3 was anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with other units of the U.S. Fleet.
    Those present are, from left to right:
    Lieutenant Commander Jesse H. Carter, Commanding Officer, USS Drayton (DD-366);
    Lieutenant Commander John F. Rees, Commanding Officer, USS Flusser (DD-368);
    Commander Ernest G. Small;
    Lieutenant Commander Herbert G. Hopwood, Commanding Officer, USS Mahan (DD-364); and
    Lieutenant Commander Byron H. Hanlon, Commanding Officer, USS Lamson (DD-367).
    Note the Mark 22 twin single-purpose 5"/38 gun mount in the background, and non-skid deck treads.
    Photographed by the U.S. Fleet Base Force Camera Party.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     


    For other photographs of this ship, see:

  • USS Lamson (DD-367), 1936-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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