page_title: USS Lansdowne (DD-486)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Lansdowne (DD-486)
caption_attribution_description: USS Lansdowne (DD-486) disembarking the Japanese party into a boat from Iowa (BB-61) for transport to Missouri (BB-63) for the surrender ceremony, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945.
context_page_description: USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne.
  Lansdowne was laid down on 31 July 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 20 February 1942, sponsored by Miss Peggy Lansdowne, daughter of Lt.Cmdr. Lansdowne. The ship was commissioned on 29 April 1942, Lt. Cmdr. William R. Smedberg III in command.
context_section_description: USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne.
  Lansdowne was laid down on 31 July 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 20 February 1942, sponsored by Miss Peggy Lansdowne, daughter of Lt.Cmdr. Lansdowne. The ship was commissioned on 29 April 1942, Lt. Cmdr. William R. Smedberg III in command.
caption: USS Lansdowne disembarking the Japanese party into a boat from Iowa for transport to Missouri for the surrender ceremony, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945.
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