The former (WDE-488 – DE-388) was commissioned as DER-388 at Long Beach, California. on 12-18-56


12-18-56    1200    Moored port side to Pier #6, Berth 62½, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, Calif
                  1500    The ship was placed in commission by Rear Admiral CAMPBELL, USN,
                              Commander, U.S. Naval Base, Los Angeles, in accordance with
                              CNO ltr Op-432C/RW Ser P43B of 10 Nov 56
                  1508    Lieutenant Commander Claude N. DE BUHR, USN, read his orders and assumed
                              Command of the U.S.S. LANSING, (DER-388).




USS LANSING DER-388 was decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington on 5-21-65


5-21-65      0000    Moored starboard side to YFNB-8 at Supply pier, Puget Sound Naval
                                    Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, with standard destroyer mooring lines doubled,
                                    in a nest of three ships. Ships in the nest from starboard to port are:
                                    YFNB-8, USS LANSING (DER-388), and KODIAK (LSM 161),
                                    receiving miscellaneous services from the pier.
                                    Ships present include various units of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, yard and district craft.
                                    SOPA is COMNORSECT NAVDEFEASTPAC / WESTSEAFRON
                  0800    Mustered the crew on stations. Absentees: none.
                  1000    Commander Bremerton Group Pacific Reserve Fleet accompanied by his staff came on
                                    board for decommissioning ceremony.
                  1010    USS LANSING commission pennant hauled down. Secured the watch on board.
                                    LANSING placed out of commission, in reserve.


LANSING was stricken from the Navy Vessel Register on 10 February 1974 and was sold to
                                    Levin Metals Corp, San Jose, CA on 16 August 1974 for scrap.


                                    She was dismantled at Richmond, CA in late 1974.