USS Lawrence C. Taylor

History
United States
Name	Lawrence C. Taylor
Laid down	20 December 1943
Launched	29 January 1944
Commissioned	13 May 1944
Decommissioned	23 April 1946
Stricken	1 December 1972
Fate	Sold for scrapping 12 September 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m) (oa)
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) (max)
Propulsion	2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW), 2 screws
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	14 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	2 × 5"/38 caliber guns 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns 10 × 20 mm AA cannons 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar 8 depth charge throwers, 2 depth charge tracks

USS Lawrence C. Taylor (DE-415) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1973.