USS Lyman (DE-302)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 22 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 19 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 19 February 1944 |
| Battle Stars: | 5 for World War II |
| Decommissioned: | 5 December 1945 |
| Struck: | 19 December 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 26 December 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class: | Evarts class destroyer escort |
| Type: | GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns) |
| Displacement: | 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) |
| Dimensions: | 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max) |
| Range: | 4,150 nm |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Complement: | 15 officers / 183 enlisted |
| Armament: | 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector, Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks |
| Propulsion: | 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws |
USS Lyman (DE-302) was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. She performed escort and antisubmarine operations in dangerous battle areas and returned home with five battle stars.
She was laid down 22 April 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard, California; launched 19 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Chan Lyman, wife of Ensign Lyman; and commissioned 19 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. James W. Wilson In command- Captain Wilson was in command until August of 1945 when he was relieved by Lt. Comdr. John D. Lawson.
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[edit] World War II Pacific Theatre operations
Lyman cleared San Francisco Bay 23 April 1944 for duty at Pearl Harbor as a training ship. With other destroyer escorts, she acted as target for fleet submarines and screen for escort carriers training flight squadrons. On 20 August she departed Pearl Harbor and began 13 months screening the vital supply ships of the U.S. 3rd Fleet and U.S. 5th Fleet. Arriving off Kossol Passage 20 September, she screened the Western Garrison Group during the invasions of the Palau Islands. Departing Peleliu 22 October, Lyman formed part of the escort which brought the 1st Marines to the Russell Islands.
Her first port availability period at Manus, Admiralty Islands, was marked 7 November by the explosion of the USS Mount Hood (AE-11) an ammunition ship nearby. A week later at Ulithi, a Japanese midget submarine managed to torpedo an oiler, the USS Mississinewa (AO-59), in the same anchorage. Lyman weighed anchor 16 December, screening auxiliaries supporting the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon. She returned to Ulithi 14 January 1945, but again early in February was at sea protecting a replenishment group during the capture of Iwo Jima.
[edit] Damaged by a Typhoon
Her logistic support group was also in the Ryukyus from 22 March to 11 June supporting the fierce struggle for strategically important Okinawa. During this later action a typhoon of 5 June caused the ship to roll 65° and accomplished what enemy action had been unable to achieve: the withdrawal of Lyman for repairs.
Underway again 3 July, the destroyer escort ended the war guarding the supply ships of the U.S. 3rd Fleet then striking the Japanese home islands.
[edit] End-of-War Activity
The Lyman was the first DE to enter into Tokyo Bay 30 August with a group of tankers, she remained to witness the surrender ceremony of 2 September. Departing the next day she steamed eastward collecting passengers at each stop. She debarked 80 veterans at San Francisco 8 October.
[edit] Post-War Inactivation and Decommissioning
Inactivation began almost immediately and was completed after Lyman sailed to Richmond, California, 8 November. Decommissioned 5 December 1945, she was sold to the Puget Sound Navigation Co., Seattle, Washington, 26 December 1946.
[edit] Awards
Lyman received five battle stars for World War II service.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Lyman (DE-302)
