USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)

Career
Namesake:	Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence
Ordered:	13 September 2002
Builder:	Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Laid down:	16 September 2008
Launched:	15 December 2009
Christened:	17 April 2010
Commissioned:	4 June 2011
Homeport:	San Diego, California[1]
Motto:	"Never Give In!"
Status:	in active service, as of 2011
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement:	9,200 tons
Length:	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam:	66 ft (20 m)
Draft:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed:	30+ knots
Complement:	380 officers and enlisted
Armament:	1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/62, 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. She is the 60th ship in her class. The ship is named for Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence (1930–2005), a Naval Aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, Vietnam War Prisoner of War, a U.S. Third Fleet commander, a Chief of Naval Personnel, and a Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

William P. Lawrence's keel was laid down on 16 September 2008,^[2] at the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lawrence was launched on 15 December 2009,^[3] and was christened on 17 April 2010, sponsored by VADM Lawrence's widow, Diane Lawrence, and his daughters, Dr. Laurie Lawrence and CAPT Wendy Lawrence (USN Ret).^[4] Lawrence's plankowning captain is CDR Thomas R. Williams, II.^[5] The ship was commissioned at the Port of Mobile, Alabama on 4 June 2011.^[6]

Notes

1. ^ http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=61312
2. ^ "WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE (DDG 110)". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO). 3 December 2008. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG110.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
3. ^ "Photo Archive / Ship". www.lawrence.navy.mil (ship's official website). http://www.lawrence.navy.mil/Site%20pages/Photos_Ship.aspx. Retrieved 2010-04-16. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman-Built William P. Lawrence Christened; Legacy of Former POW Honored". GlobeNewswire. April 17, 2010. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/photo-release-northrop-grumman-built-william-p-lawrence-christened-legacy-of-former-pow-honored-2010-04-17?reflink=MW_news_stmp. Retrieved 2010-04-17. 
5. ^ "U.S. Navy to Christen Guided Missile Destroyer William P. Lawrence". defence.professionals GmbH. April 16, 2010. http://www.defpro.com/news/details/14568/. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
6. ^ Griggs, Travis, "Destroyer Lawrence commissioned in Mobile", Military Times, 5 June 2011.

External links

• Official Ship's Site
• Mobile, Alabama announces commissioning ceremony
• Willshaw, Fred. "USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)". Destroyer Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01110.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.