The third USS Lamson, DD 367, was laid down 20 March 1934 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; launched 17 June 1936, sponsored by Miss Francis W. Andrews; and commissioned 21 October 1936, Comdr. H. E. Haddock in command.

Roswell Hawkes Lamson grew up fighting indians in the Oregon Territory. He was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1858 and finished second in the Class of 1862.    During the Civil War, Lamson was considered one of the youngest and best Union naval officers on duty in the Atlantic, pioneering minesweeping techniques and commanding more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank—among these, Gettysburg at Fort Fisher.    Appointed lieutenant in 1865, he resigned from the Navy in 1866 and died at Portland, Oregon 14 August 1903.

   After shakedown in the Atlantic and Caribbean, Lamson departed Norfolk 16 June 1937 for the Pacific. Arriving San Diego 1 July, the destroyer performed exercises and tactical training operations until she sailed for Pearl Harbor 5 October 1939. Lamson continued training operations from her Hawaiian base for the next 2 years.
   She was returning to Pearl Harbor from patrol duty during the Japanese attack 7 December 1941. After a search for the enemy task force, the destroyer patrolled Hawaiian waters and steamed to Johnston Island to rescue civilians. Departing Pearl Harbor 6 January 1942, Lamson arrived Pago Pago, Samoa, 2 weeks later for ASW patrols.
   During early March she arrived in the Fiji Islands to join the expanded ASW screen which was formed to keep the South Pacific supply lines open. After 6 months of patrol and screening operations, Lamson saw action 22 October when, with Mahan, she attacked Japanese picket boats stationed between Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The two destroyers made a coordinated attack beating off enemy air raids and sank two enemy craft.
   On 30 November, Lamson joined Rear Admiral Wright's Task Force 67 during the fierce Battle of Tassafaronga. One Japanese destroyer was sunk and one damaged while the American force lost one cruiser and three damaged. Lamson returned to operate in the South Pacific for the next 8 months, screening convoys en route to Guadalcanal. Constantly at sea on patrol and ASW screen, the destroyer assisted other units as they paved the way for the Allied advance across the Pacific. (continued)