USS Lawrence DDG-4

Type:
Guided Missile Destroyer
Class:
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview)
Builder:
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
Hull Number:
DDG-4 (a)
Ordered:
March 28, 1957
Commissioned:
January 6, 1962
Keel Laid:
October 27, 1958
Decommissioned:
March 30, 1990
Launched:
February 27, 1960
Stricken:
May 16, 1990
Fate:
Sold October 28, 2004 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Notes:
(a):
Ordered as DD-954, reclassified as DDG-954 on aug. 16, 1956,
reclassified as DDG-4 on June 26, 1957.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
4 Foster Wheeler 1,200 PSI (oil fired)
Draft:
20' 1" / 22' max.
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
3,277 std. / 4,526 full
SHP:
70,000
Speed:
33 knots
Crew:
330+
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Captain James Lawrence USN (1781-1813).
Christened by Mrs. Fernie C. Hubbard.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 25, 2007