USS Lawrence (DD-8)

USS Lawrence (DD-8) anchored in a Pacific Coast harbor, probably on 26 May 1916
History
United States
Name	Lawrence
Namesake	Captain James Lawrence awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Builder	Fore River Ship & Engine Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	10 April 1899
Launched	7 November 1900
Sponsored by	Miss Ruth Lawrence, great-niece of Capt. James Lawrence
Commissioned	7 April 1903
Decommissioned	20 June 1919
Stricken	15 September 1919
Identification	Hull symbol: DD-7 Code letters: NIY
Fate	Sold, 3 January 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Lawrence-class destroyer sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement	400 long tons (410 t) (standard)
Length	246 ft 3 in (75.06 m) (oa)
Beam	22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Installed power	8,400 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × shaft
Speed	30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Capacity	108 short tons (98 t) coal[3]
Complement	73 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns (removed in 1906 after trials found them to be too heavy for ship) 5 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (added 2 more in 1906 when 3" guns were removed) 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes[2]

The third USS Lawrence (DD-8) was a Lawrence-class destroyer, which was a sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer, in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain James Lawrence.