 USS Lamberton underway
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Lamberton |
| Namesake | Benjamin P. Lamberton (1844–1912), U.S. Navy admiral |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 1 October 1917 |
| Launched | 30 March 1918 |
| Commissioned | 22 August 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 15 November 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1946 |
| Reclassified |
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| Honors and awards | One battle star for World War II |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 9 May 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) |
| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
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USS Lamberton (DD-119)/(DMS-2) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy in commission from 1918 to 1922 and from 1930 to 1946. She saw service during World War II. She was the only ship named for Benjamin P. Lamberton, a rear admiral who served with Admiral Dewey in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.