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USS Lansing (DE 388)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - K - J - M
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Flash Back"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star

Specifications:
Class: Edsall
Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1200 tons (light), 1590 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 20' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 8 / 201

Lansing (DE 388) Building and Operational Data:

15 May 1943: Keel laid at the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.

02 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Alberta L. Lansing, widow of William H. Lansing

10 November 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. S. R. Sands, USCG, in command

25 April 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 5½ months of service

15 June 1952: Loaned to USCG and Recommissioned as WDE-488 at Green Cove Springs, Fla., Lcdr. William F. Adams, USCG, in command

29 March 1954: Returned USN and Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 1 year and 10⅔ months of service

21 October 1955: Reclassified and converted DER 388

18 December 1956: Recommissioned at Long Beach, Cal., Lcdr. G. N. DeBuer, USN, in command

02 June 1957: Assigned to the Pacific Barrier for radar picket duty operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hi.

21 May 1965: Decommissioned at Bremerton, Wash. after 8 years and 5 months of service

01 February 1974: Struck from the NVR with a total of 12 years and 8 months of service

06 September 1974: Sold for scrapping to the Levin Metals Co., San Jose, Calif. for $72,216.00, dismantled at Richmond, Cal.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
(0638807)	699k	29 April 1945: USS *Lansing, painted in measure MS21 camouflage color scheme, underway slowly. (U.S. Navy photo from the National Archives, courtesy of* Chris Wright)	Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
(0638802)	77k	29 April 1945: New York Harbor (National Archives Photo)	Terry A. Moberg RM2 (1960 - 1963)
(0638803)	73k	Date unknown: USCGC *Lansing* (WDE-488) believed to have been taken at Sand Island, off Honolulu, Hawaii. (Official Coast Guard photo, National Archives)
(0638804)	93k	March 1957: operating off Point Loma, Cal. (Photo: National Archives)
(0638808)	118k	1960: Pearl Harbor, Hi. - Two scenes from the movie "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" showing *Finch* moored outboard of *Durant. The second scene shows their motor whaleboat passing USS Lansing*. The movie was a 1960 CinemaScope comedy-drama war film starring Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, and Chips Rafferty. It was filmed at Pearl Harbor and the island of Kauai.	Tommy Trampp Benton City, Wash.
(0638809)	103k		Tommy Trampp Benton City, Wash.
(0638805)	433k	16 November 1963: USS *Lansing* (DER 388) underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #KN-7281 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
(0638806)	76k	October 1964: *Lansing* moored at Johnston Island in the South Pacific. (Photo: National Archives)	Terry A. Moberg RM2 (1960 - 1963)

Lansing History
View the USS Lansing (DE 388) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Lansing as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Lansing's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 10 Nov. 1943 - 05 Jun. 1944	Cdr. Simon Ray Sands Jr., USCG
2.) 05 Jun. 1944 - 25 Jun. 1945	Cdr. Richard F. Rea, USCG
3.) 25 Jun. 1945 - 25 Apr. 1946	Lcdr. S. G. Carkeek, USCG (decomm.)
4.) 15 Jun. 1952 - 29 Mar. 1954	Lcdr. William F. Adams, USCG (as WDE-488)
5.) 18 Dec. 1956 - 20 Feb. 1958	Lcdr. Claude Noel DeBuhr (recomm.)
6.) 20 Feb. 1958 - 08 Sep. 1959	Cmdr. Edwin Brook Flory
7.) 08 Sep. 1959 - 11 Jul. 1961	Lcdr. Eugene William Ostlund (W. Fargo, N.D.)
8.) 11 Jul. 1961 - 09 Aug. 1963	Lcdr. Donald James Krejcarek (Whitelaw, Wis.)
9.) 09 Aug. 1963 - 21 May 1965	Cmdr. Robert Treat Shultz (USNA '50) (Coronado. Cal.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Lansing No Longer Holds Reunions
E-mail: usslansing388 at gmail.com

Note About Contacts

Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has
been made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list
only a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists, rosters, or deck logs available. Please see the
Frequently Asked Questions section on NavSource's Main Page for that information.

Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Lansing

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