USN · DD
Lamson
Photos and infoMahan-class destroyer. She and Lardner joined the Tassafaronga force late and stayed at the rear.
Mahan classJoined Wright's column from the east just before Tassafaronga. Not in the opening torpedo attack.
USS Lamson (DD-367) and USS Haraden (DD-585) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, in early 1945 (80-G-601802).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Command
HPHubert Esterly PaddockCaptain, 21 October 1936 – 1 June 1937NDNeil Kittrell DietrichCaptain, 1 June 1937 – 16 June 1938BHByron Hall HanlonCaptain, 16 June 1938 – 1 April 1940PPPerley Earl PendletonCaptain, 1 April 1940 – 1 April 1941PMPreston Vigginius MercerCaptain, 1 April 1941 – 12 June 1942WJWalter Terry JenkinsCaptain, 12 June 1942 – 23 June 1942PFPhillip Henry FitzgeraldCaptain, 23 June 1942 – 1 November 1943JRJoseph Russell RubinsCaptain, 1 November 1943 – 1 March 1944CPCharles H. PittsCaptain, 1 March 1944 – 1 May 1944JNJohn Vavasour NoelCaptain, 1 May 1944 – 31 July 1945RARobert McCormick AyerCaptain, 31 July 1945 – 24 November 1945GBGeorge Gill BallCaptain from 24 November 1945
Battle of Tassafaronga
1942-11-30 · joined late; at the rear
