USS Lawrence (DDG-4)

	USS Lawrence underway on 3 May 1973
History
United States
Name	Lawrence
Namesake	James Lawrence
Ordered	28 March 1957
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	27 October 1958
Launched	27 February 1960
Acquired	20 December 1961
Commissioned	6 January 1962
Decommissioned	30 March 1990
Reclassified	DDG-4, 23 April 1957
Stricken	16 May 1990
Identification	Callsign: NTQP; ; Hull number: DD-954;
Motto	Don't give up the ship
Fate	Scrapped, 28 October 2004
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General characteristics
Class and type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts; 4 × Foster Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface search radar; AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar; AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar; AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19; AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar;
Armament	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile; 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun; 1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher; 6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes);

USS Lawrence (DD-954/DDG-4) was a Charles F. Adams class guided-missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It was the fifth ship named after Captain James Lawrence USN (1781–1813). The USS Lawrence served on blockade duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 and, in 1972, was part of Operation Linebacker in the west Pacific.

History
USS Lawrence underway on 3 May 1973
United States
Name	Lawrence
Namesake	James Lawrence
Ordered	28 March 1957
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	27 October 1958
Launched	27 February 1960
Acquired	20 December 1961
Commissioned	6 January 1962
Decommissioned	30 March 1990
Reclassified	DDG-4, 23 April 1957
Stricken	16 May 1990
Identification	Callsign: NTQP Hull number: DD-954
Motto	Don't give up the ship
Fate	Scrapped, 28 October 2004
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts 4 × Foster Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19 AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun 1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher 6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes)