USS Lake (DE-301)
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| Name: | USS Lake |
| Laid down: | 22 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 18 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 5 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 December 1945 |
| Struck: | 19 December 1945 |
| Honors and awards: |
2 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 14 December 1946 |
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| Type: | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
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| Beam: | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) (max) |
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| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range: | 4,150 nmi (7,690 km) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 183 enlisted |
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USS Lake (DE-301) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort of the United States 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 two battle stars.
She was laid down on 22 April 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 18 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Carol M. Feldman; and commissioned on 5 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. A. D.Weeks, Jr., in command.
Lake sailed from San Francisco, California, on 11 April 1944 escorting to a convoy to Hawaii and arriving on 20 April. She operated there until sailing on 23 June to escort a convoy to the Marshall Islands. Lake sortied on 5 July from Eniwetok with a hunter-killer group for anti-submarine patrols off the Marianas protecting vital shipping lanes during the conquest of Saipan and the liberation of Guam. After returning from the patrol, Lake cleared Eniwetok on 10 August with destroyer escorts Reynolds (DE-42) and Donaldson (DE-44) to escort light cruiser Montpelier (CL-57) to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 15 August.
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