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Lyman

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-302
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1943-08-18
Commissioned1944-02-19
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 5 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command

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.

Lyman
U.S. Navy. USS Lyman (DE-302) underway in San Francisco Bay on 23 April 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Lyman, hull DE-302, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 22 April 1943 and launched her on 18 August 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 19 February 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James W. Wilson.

Her Pacific duty took her to Ulithi, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 5 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.