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DE- 388 USS LANSING

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston on May 15 1943.
Launched August 2 1943.
Commissioned November 10 1943.
Decommissioned April 25 1946.
Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned WDE-488, June 15 1952.
Returned USN and Decommissioned March 29 1954.
Reclassified and converted DER-388, October 21 1955.
Recommissioned December 18 1956.
Decommissioned May 21 1965.
Stricken February 1 1974.
Fate Sold August 16 1974 and broken up for scrap.

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Lansing 77k USS Lansing DE-388, New York Harbor. April 29 1945 National Archives / Terry A. Moberg, RM2 (60-63)
Lansing 73k USCGC Lansing WDE-488, Official Coast Guard photo, believed taken at Sand Island, Honolulu, Hawaii. Date unknown. National Archives / Terry A. Moberg, RM2 (60-63)
Lansing 93k USS Lansing DER-388, operating off Point Loma, CA. March 1957. National Archives / Terry A. Moberg, RM2 (60-63)
Lansing 76k USS Lansing DER-388, moored at Johnston Island (South Pacific). October 1964. National Archives / Terry A. Moberg, RM2 (60-63)
Lansing 57k ship's patch Mike Smolinski

USS LANSING DE- 388 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
USS/USCGC Lansing (DE/DER-388, WDE-488)
October 17-21, 2001 Virginia Beach VA

Contact Name: Terry A. Moberg
Address: 902 Cindy St.
Phone:(218) 829-3288
E-mail: tmoberg@brainerd.net


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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