- USS Lamberton (DD-119)
USS "Lamberton" (DD-119)/(DMS-2) was a "Wickes"-class
destroyer in theUnited States Navy . She was the only ship named forBenjamin P. Lamberton an admiral who had served with Admiral Dewey in theBattle of Manila Bay .History
"Lamberton" was laid down
1 October 1917 byNewport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company ,Newport News, Virginia ; launched30 March 1918 ; sponsored by MissIsabell Stedman Lamberton , Admiral Lamberton's granddaughter; and commissioned22 August 1918 , Lt. Comdr.Frank L. Slingluff in command.After shakedown in the
Caribbean , "Lamberton" joined the Atlantic Fleet for maneuvers off theAzores in the spring of 1919. Reassigned to the newly formed Pacific Fleet, the destroyer departedHampton Roads 19 July and arrivedSan Diego 7 August .Based at San Diego, "Lamberton" operated along the west coast from August 1919 until June 1922. She participated in training maneuvers and performed experiments to develop superior naval tactics. The destroyer decommissioned at
San Diego 30 June 1922 ."Lamberton" recommissioned
15 November 1930 , Lt. Comdr.S. N. Moore in command. Operating along the west coast, she performed training exercises for nearly 2 years. She was reclassified AG-21 on16 April 1932 and converted to a target-towing ship. From 1933 until 1940 she operated out of San Diego towing targets for surface ships, submarines, and aircraft, a role which paid dividends duringWorld War II . She also engaged in experimental minesweeping exercises off the west coast and was reclassified DMS-2 on19 November 1940 .After arriving Pearl Harbor
11 September 1941 "Lamberton" resumed target towing and ASW screening operations in theHawaii an Islands. On7 December 1941 , she was escorting "Minneapolis" toOahu when the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor. Following the attack, she returned to port to sweep the harbor. For the next 7 months she remained on offshore patrol in the Hawaiian Islands.Departing Pearl Harbor
11 July 1942 "Lamberton" steamed north. ArrivingKodiak, Alaska , 7 days later. The high-speed minesweeper performed patrol and escort duty in the frigid North Pacific during the Aleutian campaign. In mid-May 1943 she escorted the task group which brought reinforcements for the second landing atMassacre Bay , Attu. "Lamberton" continued patrol operations until late June when she sailed forKuluk Bay .The high-speed minesweeper then steamed to San Diego, arriving there
23 July . For the rest of the war she performed target-towing operations off the west coast and out of Pearl Harbor."Lamberton" was reclassified AG-21 on
5 June 1945 , and, following the Japanese surrender, she operated out of San Diego as an auxiliary.She decommissioned at
Bremerton, Washington ,13 December 1946 and was sold9 May 1947 toNational Metal and Steel Corporation ,Terminal Island ,Los Angeles, California for scrapping."Lamberton" received one
battle star for World War II service.See also
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List of World War II ships
*List of United States Navy destroyers
*List of ship launches in 1918
*List of ship commissionings in 1918
*List of ship decommissionings in 1946 References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l3/lamberton.htm
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/119.htm Photos]
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