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Lamberton (AG-21)
ex-DMS-2



Call sign:
November - Alpha - Zulu - Lima

ex-AG-21
ex-DD-119

Wickes Class Destroyer/Dorsey Class Highspeed Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 October 1917 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Newport News, VA; Launched, 30 March 1918; Commissioned USS Lamberton, Destroyer No. 119, 22 August 1918; Designated DD-119, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 30 June 1922 at San Diego, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned, 16 November 1930; Reclassified as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary, AG-21, 16 April 1932; Reclassified as a Highspeed Minesweeper, DMS-2, 19 November 1940; Reclassified back to AG-21, 5 June 1946; Decommissioned, 13 December 1946 at Bremerton, WA; Struck from the Naval Register 28 January 1947; Sold for scrap 9 May 1947 to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, CA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,090 t.; Length 314' 5"; Beam 31' 4" ; Draft 9' 2"; Speed 29.1 kts; Complement 149; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose mounts and onetwin 40mm mount; Propulsion three Thorny-Craft boilers, two 25,000shp Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp. (Curtis design) geared turbines, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp. single reduction gear, two shafts.

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USS Lamberton (DD 119)
Lamberton 107k 23 December 1920 -
USS Lamberton (DMS 2)
Lamberton 106k 24 April 1943
Stern view in the Mare Island channel Navy Yard Mare Island, CA
U.S. Navy photo 3005-43		 Darryl Baker
Lamberton 107k 24 April 1943
Broadside view off Mare Island3 December 1920
U.S. Navy photo 3307-43		 Darryl Baker
Lamberton 107k 24 April 1943
Bow on view in the Mare Island channel. Notice the barrage balloons over the channel.
U.S. Navy photo 3009-43		 Darryl Baker
Lamberton 107k 24 April 1943
Amidships plan view at Mare Island. Areas in circles were modified or added during her overhaul period.
U.S. Navy photo 3010-43		 Darryl Baker
Lamberton 107k 24 April 1943
Aft plan view Mare Island. Areas in circles were modified or added during her overhaul period.
U.S. Navy photo 3011-43		 Darryl Baker
Lamberton 117k 4 May 1945
Bow on view off Mare Island
U.S. Navy photo 3330-45		 Darryl Baker
Lamberton 104k 4 May 1945
Broadside view off Mare Island. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 13 March until 9 May 1945.
U.S. Navy photo 3332-45		 Darryl Baker
Lamberton 145k 4 May 1945
Stern view off Mare Island
U.S. Navy photo 3334-45		 Darryl Baker
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