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84k | Photo #: KN-2579. Master Commandant James Lawrence, USN (1781-1813) oil on wood, 28.5" x 23.5", by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), Boston, circa 1812. Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Bequest of George M. Moffett, 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Tony Cowart | |
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24k | Undated, Least successful of the early destroyers. Lawrence and her sister MacDonough were unable to carry their 3" guns and 6 pdrs were substituted. | USN | |
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80k | USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8) Halftone photograph reproduction, published by the Chilton Printing Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing the ship underway during the early 1900s. It may have been taken during her trials in 1903. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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73k | USS Lawrence (DD-8) and USS Macdonough (DD-9) fitting out at the Fore River Ship & Engine Company, shipyard, Weymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1902 (USN). | Robert Hurst | |
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75k | USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8) At anchor in an East Coast harbor, circa 1903-1908. The second-class battleship Texas is in the right background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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102k | Destroyers at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, Autumn 1907 These ships are (from left to right): USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) and USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
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102k | Photo #: 19-N-60-10-17, destroyers at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, Autumn 1907. The destroyers in the foreground basin (from left to right): USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) and USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14). USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13) is at the end of the dock, at right, and USS Talbot (Torpedo Boat # 15) is hauled out on the marine railway at left. On the opposite side of the river are several torpedo boats of the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla and their barracks ship, the old cruiser Atlanta. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tony Cowart | |
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96k | USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8) Halftone photographic reproduction published on a postal card advertising "Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine", a patent medicine. The image was copyrighted in 1907 by Underwood & Underwood. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1985. | Fred Weiss | |
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98k | Photo #: NH 93693, Pacific Fleet Destroyers moored together at San Diego, California, circa 1909-1911. Photographed by the Arcade View Company, San Diego. These ships are (from left to right): USS Paul Jones or Perry (Destroyer # 10 or 11); USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); and USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15). The numeral "2", painted on some of these destroyers, indicates they are members of the Second Torpedo Division. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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193k | Navy Photo 5287, the torpedo boats USS Farragut (TB 11) and USS Goldsborough (TB 20) are seen outboard of USS Lawrence (DD 8) at Mare Island between 18-31 July 1913. | Darryl Baker | |
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93k | USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8) Anchored in a Pacific Coast harbor, probably on 26 May 1916. Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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120k | U.S. Navy Destroyers and Torpedo Boats At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, prior to World War I. The original photograph was published on a color-tinted postcard by the Pacific Novelty Company, San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, at about the time it was taken. These ships are (from left to right): USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Goldsborough (Torpedo Boat # 20); and USS Farragut (Torpedo Boat # 11). Courtesy of R.D. Jeska, 1984. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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67k | USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8) or USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9) Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, circa 1918. The receiving ships Richmond (left) and Cumberland (center) are in the background, at the St. Helena Naval Training Station. Courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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81k | Photo #: NH 43036, Philadelphia Navy Yard, destroyers awaiting decommissioning in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, during the Spring of 1919. Photographed by La Tour.dShips present are (from left to right): USS Isabel; four unidentified "750-ton" type destroyers; USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5); USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13); USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Barry (Destroyer # 2); USS Worden (Destroyer # 16); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); USS Perry (Destroyer # 11); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); and USS Dale (Destroyer # 4). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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113k | Photo #: NH 52105, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania destroyers awaiting decommissioning, in the Yard's Reserve Basin, 4 March 1919. Ships present include (from left to right): USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Perry (Destroyer # 11); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); and USS Worden (Destroyer # 16). Note Lawrence's after torpedo tube (with torpedo visible) and pattern camouflage; 48-star flags, radio masts and signal flags on several of these destroyers; and small craft moored to the ships' sterns. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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