USS Lawrence DDG-4 

 

CLASS - CHARLES F. ADAMS
As Built.
 
                                            Displacement 4526 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 437' (oa) x 47' x 15' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1) Guns Fore & Aft,
Tartar SAM (1x2 Mk 11) ASROC ASW (1x8),
6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3).
Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots,
Crew 333-350.

Operational and Building Data

    Originally classified as DD- 954, classification changed to DDG- 4 April 23 1957.
     Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on October 27 1958.
 Launched February 27 1960 and commissioned January 6 1962.
Decommissioned March 30 1990.
Stricken May 16 1990.

Fate

   Contract issued November 2003 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia for scrapping. Scrapping completed in October 2004.

Ship History

 

Please click on one of the Time Frame links below for the history of USS Lawrence DDG-4.

1958-1969

1970-1979

1980-1990

Scrapping

 
 The USS Lawrence Association was incorporated as a 501.c.19 non-profit veterans group in Pennsylvania on July 17, 2008. A copy of our Constituion and Bylaws are available upon written request.