The Torpedo Boat Destroyer USS Lamson
USS LAMPSON
The USS Lamson (DD-367) was a Mahan Destroyer assigned to service with the Pacific Fleet in October 1939. From December 1941 until December 1944, the USS Lamson was on active duty in the Pacific. She avoided several mishaps and was awarded the nickname the ‘Lucky Lamson’.
On the morning of the 6th December 1944 while on escort duty in the Philippine Islands, a Japanese Kamikaze Pilot slammed into her superstructure. The crippled Destroyer was then towed to Tocloban (Philippines). Minor repairs were carried out, with further repairs completed in the U.S.
In April 1945, the USS Lamson resumed active duty again and was on patrol off Iwo Jima when Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender.
By January 1946, preparations were made to decommission her.
In May 1946, the battle-weary destroyer departed Pearl Harbour bound for Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. The U.S. had selected this remote and sparsely populated island as a test for three nuclear bombs. Eighty-four ships had gathered in the area around the atoll
At 9.00am 1st July 1946, ‘Daves Dream’, an American B-29 Superfortress unleashed ‘Gilda’, the first atomic bomb for Test ‘Able’ over the Atoll. The atomic blast capsized the Lucky Lamson, by early afternoon she rolled on her port side and sank.
The USS Lamson received five battle stars and was officially decommissioned in July 1946.
USS LAMPSON
The USS Lamson (DD-367) was a Mahan Destroyer assigned to service with the Pacific Fleet in October 1939. From December 1941 until December 1944, the USS Lamson was on active duty in the Pacific. She avoided several mishaps and was awarded the nickname the ‘Lucky Lamson’.
On the morning of the 6th December 1944 while on escort duty in the Philippine Islands, a Japanese Kamikaze Pilot slammed into her superstructure. The crippled Destroyer was then towed to Tocloban (Philippines). Minor repairs were carried out, with further repairs completed in the U.S.
In April 1945, the USS Lamson resumed active duty again and was on patrol off Iwo Jima when Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender.
By January 1946, preparations were made to decommission her.
In May 1946, the battle-weary destroyer departed Pearl Harbour bound for Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. The U.S. had selected this remote and sparsely populated island as a test for three nuclear bombs. Eighty-four ships had gathered in the area around the atoll
At 9.00am 1st July 1946, ‘Daves Dream’, an American B-29 Superfortress unleashed ‘Gilda’, the first atomic bomb for Test ‘Able’ over the Atoll. The atomic blast capsized the Lucky Lamson, by early afternoon she rolled on her port side and sank.
The USS Lamson received five battle stars and was officially decommissioned in July 1946.
USS LAMPSON
The USS Lamson (DD-367) was a Mahan Destroyer assigned to service with the Pacific Fleet in October 1939. From December 1941 until December 1944, the USS Lamson was on active duty in the Pacific. She avoided several mishaps and was awarded the nickname the ‘Lucky Lamson’.
On the morning of the 6th December 1944 while on escort duty in the Philippine Islands, a Japanese Kamikaze Pilot slammed into her superstructure. The crippled Destroyer was then towed to Tocloban (Philippines). Minor repairs were carried out, with further repairs completed in the U.S.
In April 1945, the USS Lamson resumed active duty again and was on patrol off Iwo Jima when Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender.
By January 1946, preparations were made to decommission her.
In May 1946, the battle-weary destroyer departed Pearl Harbour bound for Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. The U.S. had selected this remote and sparsely populated island as a test for three nuclear bombs. Eighty-four ships had gathered in the area around the atoll
At 9.00am 1st July 1946, ‘Daves Dream’, an American B-29 Superfortress unleashed ‘Gilda’, the first atomic bomb for Test ‘Able’ over the Atoll. The atomic blast capsized the Lucky Lamson, by early afternoon she rolled on her port side and sank.
The USS Lamson received five battle stars and was officially decommissioned in July 1946.