Lawson P. Ramage

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Lawson P. Ramage
19 January 1909 – 15 April 1990
Nickname	"Red"
Place of birth	Monroe Bridge, Mass.
Place of death	Bethesda, Maryland
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1931–1969
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	USS Parche (SS-384)
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Medal of Honor Navy Cross (2) Distinguished Service Medal (2) Bronze Star

Lawson Paterson "Red" Ramage (January 19, 1909 – April 15, 1990) was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy and a noted submarine commander. During his career, Ramage was honored with the Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, two Distinguished Service Medals and the Bronze Star .

Ramage was born in Monroe Bridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1931. He entered the Submarine School in 1935, and would spend most of his career serving in submarines. Ramage served as the second commanding officer of USS Trout (SS-202) and the first of USS Parche (SS-384).

He was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack, and received the Silver Star and the Navy Cross while serving during World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor after a daring dawn assault on a heavily-escorted Japanese convoy on July 31, 1944, while commanding Parche, during which he sunk two ships and damaged several others. The award was personally presented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 10, 1945. After the war, he continued to serve in submarines until his retirement in 1969. As a Captain in 1953–1954, he was commanding officer of the amphibious cargo ship Rankin (AKA-103).

In 1935 he married Barbara Alice Pine, and the couple had four children together. Ramage died in his home at Bethesda, Maryland, in 1990, having succumbed to cancer.

The guided missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG-61) is named for him.