Lawson P. Ramage

Lawson P. Ramage

Infobox Military Person
name = Lawson P. Ramage
born = birth date|1909|1|19
died = death date and age|1990|4|15|1909|1|19
placeofbirth = Monroe Bridge, Mass.
placeofdeath = Bethesda, Maryland


caption =
nickname = "Red"
allegiance = United States of America
serviceyears = 1931–1969
rank = Vice Admiral
branch = United States Navy
commands = USS "Parche" (SS-384)
unit =
battles = World War II
awards = Medal of Honor Navy Cross (2) Distinguished Service Medal (2) Bronze Star
laterwork =

Lawson Paterson "Red" Ramage (January 19, 1909April 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 .

Biography

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.

Namesake

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

ee also

References

* [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lpramage.htm Arlington National Cemetery Website: Lawson Paterson Ramage] . Accessed 2005-10-07.
* [http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_6/submarine_hero.html "Submarine Hero Lawson P. 'Red' Ramage"] , Edward C. Whitman, "Undersea Warfare", Vol. 2 No. 2 1999.
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/escorts/ddg-61.txt Navy Public Affairs Library Press Release: NAVY TO CHRISTEN GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER RAMAGE]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEED9123CF93BA25757C0A966958260 "Lawson P. Ramage Is Dead at 81; Submarine Hero in World War II"] by Wolfgang Saxon. "New York Times" Published: April 18, 1990

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01061.htm NavSource Online: Destroyer Photo Archive - DDG-61 "USS RAMAGE"]
* [http://thesaltysailor.com/ships/moh11.htm Submarine & Ship Postal Covers - Lawson Patterson Ramage - USS Parche (SS-384)]
* [http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/ss-202.html Patrols of the "USS Trout" (SS-202)]
* [http://www.medalofhonor.com/LawsonRamage.htm Medal of Honor: Commander Lawson Paterson Ramage]
* [http://www.ussnautilus.org/ramage.html U.S Navy Submarine Force Museum: Citation for Lawson P. Ramage]

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