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Lamons

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-743
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched1943-08-01
Commissioned1944-02-29
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Lamons
U.S. Navy. USS Lamons (DE-743), circa in 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Lamons, hull DE-743, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 10 April 1943 and launched her on 1 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 29 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Charles Kenneth Hutchinson.

Her Pacific duty took her to Majuro, the Marshall Islands, Saipan, and the Marianas. She was credited with 9 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.