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97k | Roswell Hawkes Lamson was born in Iowa, and appointed to the Naval Academy 20 September 1858. After graduating in 1862, he saw action in the Civil War. Lamson commanded Mount Vernon in joint Army-Navy operations on the Wansemont River, and he played an important role in the capture of batteries at Hills Point. While in command of Gettysburg, he was in the forefront of the attack on Fort Fisher, and he gallantly piloted the powder boat Louisiana in under the fort. He resigned from the Navy in 1866. In 1895 Lamson was appointed lieutenant and placed on the retired list. Lieutenant Lamson died in Portland, Oreg., 14 August 1903. Photo #: NH 53730. USS Gettysburg (1864-1879) montage featuring a painting of the ship (by De Simone, Naples, 1878) and views of four officers who served in her in 1864-1865. The officers are (clockwise from upper right): Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson., Commanding Officer; Henry S. Hutchings, Paymaster's Clerk; Acting Master's Mate H.J. ("I" ?) Derbyshire; and Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer Enoch B. Carter (probably - there is no Engineer named "William Carter" in contemporary Navy Registers). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | |
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| 82k | USS Lamson (DD-367) Anchored off Yorktown, Virginia, on 19 April 1939. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 124k | USN Photo 80-G-36088: Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942-43. USS South Dakota (BB 57) and two destroyers alongside USS Prometheus (AR 3) for repairs, probably at Noumea, New Caledonia, in November 1942. The inboard destroyer, with the distorted bow, is probably USS Mahan (DD 364), which was damaged in a collision with South Dakota at the close of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 27 October 1942. South Dakota received damage in both that battle and in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942. The other destroyer may be USS Lamson (DD 367). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Joe Radigan | |
| 159k | May, 1944 photo of the Lamson at Mare Island Navy Yard. Anti-aircraft protection was hampered by the exchanging of 40mm mounts at the expense of a 5" mount, while all twelve torpedo tubes still being carried. The U.S. Navy, after much debate and discussion, preferred trading 5" guns for 40mm and 20mm weapons instead of torpedo tubes. | - | |
| 68k | Mare Island, 24 May 1944. NARA photo. | Fred Weiss | |
| 101k | Navy Photo 3089-44, broadside (Stbd) view of USS Lamson (DD 367) off Mare Island on 24 May 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 18 March until 29 May 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 23d. | Darryl Baker | |
| 100k | Navy Photo 3090-44, broadside (Port) view of USS Lamson (DD 367) off Mare Island on 24 May 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 18 March until 29 May 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 110k | Navy Photo 3092-44, bow on view of USS Lamson (DD 367) in the Mare Island channel on 24 May 1944. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 18 March until 29 May 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 180k | USS Lamson (DD-367) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 29 May 1944. Note men handling a skiff by the lifelines just aft of Lamson's K-Gun depth charge projectors; provisions piled on deck; 40mm and 5"/38 guns; after control station; torpedo crane (lower left), and tank wagon on the pier. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 69k | USS Lamson (DD-367) afire off Ormoc, Leyte, on 7 December 1944, after she was hit by a Kamikaze. The tug assisting with firefighting is probably USS ATR-31 (USN Photo No 80-G-290898). | Robert Hurst | |
| 104k | USS Lamson (DD-367) Off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 2 April 1945. Note that her waist torpedo tubes have been removed and a pair of 40mm quad gun mounts fitted to increase the ship's anti-aircraft firepower. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 105k | USS Lamson (DD-367), at left and USS Haraden (DD-585) at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in early 1945. They are to receive repairs for damage inflicted by Kamikaze attacks in December 1944. Lamson is wearing Camouflage Measure 31 Design 23d. Haraden's camouflage is Measure 31 Design 3d (USN Photo No 80-G-601802). | Robert Hurst | |
| 45k | The ship's bell of the USS Lamson DD-367 as it currently, October 21 2004, hangs on the Quarterdeck of the Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center, Des Moines, Iowa. The Lamson was named in honor of Iowa native and Naval Academy graduate Roswell Hawkes Lamson, a Civil War hero. | David Johnston | |
| 90k | The ship's bell of the USS Lamson DD-367 as it currently, October 21 2004, hangs on the Quarterdeck of the Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center, Des Moines, Iowa. The Lamson was named in honor of Iowa native and Naval Academy graduate Roswell Hawkes Lamson, a Civil War hero. | David Johnston | |
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