Please Report Any Broken Links Or Trouble You Might Come Across To The Webmaster
Please Take A Moment To Let Us Know So That We Can Correct Any Problems And Make Your Visit As Enjoyable And As Informative As Possible.


NavSource Online: Destroyer Photo Archive

DD-954 / DDG-4 USS LAWRENCE


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NTQP

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - PROUD STAR

CLASS - CHARLES F. ADAMS As Built.
Displacement 4526 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 437' (oa) x 47' x 15' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), Tartar SAM (1x2 Mk 11) ASROC ASW (1x8), 6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3).
Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 333-350.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on October 27 1958.
Launched February 27 1960 and commissioned January 6 1962.
Originally classified as DD- 954, classification changed to DDG- 4 April 23 1957.
Decommissioned March 30 1990.
Stricken May 16 1990.
Fate Contract issued November 2003 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia for scrapping.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Contributed
By
Lawrence 84kPhoto #: 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
Lawrence 89kUndated, location unknown.Dwayne Davis
Lawrence 319kUndated, location unknown.-
Lawrence 70kUndated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.Mike Smolinski
Lawrence 76kUndated, location unknow. Does anyone know who is pictured here?Robert Hall
Lawrence 92kUndated, location unknow.Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr
Lawrence 116kPhoto #: NH 51266. USS Lawrence (DDG-4) launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 27 February 1960. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Lawrence 113kPhoto #: NH 51265. USS Lawrence (DDG-4) immediately after launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 27 February 1960. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Lawrence 79kPhoto #: NH 98400. USS Lawrence (DDG-4) off the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 6 October 1961. She was then running trials. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Lawrence 169kPhoto #: NH 98401. USS Lawrence (DDG-4) underway at sea, 26 December 1961. Photographed by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Lawrence 121kPhoto #: NH 51264. USS Lawrence (DDG-4) in Buffalo Harbor, New York, September 1962. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Lawrence 163kEntering Malta in 1968BOB SCHMID ETN2 2-66 to 3-69
Lawrence 69kPhoto #: NH 98402. USS Lawrence (DDG-4) underway near Cape Henry, inbound to Norfolk, Virginia on 3 May 1973. Note the Destroyer Squadron 22 insignia painted on the side of her forward superstructure. Photographed by PH2 Dupuis. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Lawrence 24kNorfolk August 17 1983.Marc Piché
Lawrence 88kDN-ST-85-10914. Two RGM-84A Harpoon antiship cruise missiles are mounted in the loading position on an Mk 11 launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer USS LAWRENCE (DDG 4). The missiles will be fired at a target hulk during Exercise READEX 2-83 near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. 30 August 1983.Bill Gonyo
Lawrence 95kDN-ST-85-10916. An RGM-84A Harpoon antiship cruise missile is fired from an Mk 11 launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer USS LAWRENCE (DDG 4). The missile is being fired at a target hulk during Exercise READEX 2-83 near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. 30 August 1983.Bill Gonyo
Lawrence 160kDN-ST-89-00647. A port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS LAWRENCE (DDG 4) tied up at the destroyer and submarine piers. Photo by Don Montgomery at Norfolk on October 10 1988.Bill Gonyo
Lawrence 58kSingapore November 1989.Marc Piché
Lawrence 40kUSS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), USS John King (DDG-3) and USS Lawrence (DDG-4) in Philadelphia July 16 1991.Marc Piché
Lawrence 54kBaltimore, Maryland Aug 25, 1994: An aerial port side view of two Adams-class guided missile destroyers and one Forest Sherman-class destroyer tied up at the Baltimore Fairfield Marine Terminal awaiting scrapping. The destroyer on the right unidentified. The inboard guided missile destroyer is the Lawrence (DDG-4) with the Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) outboard.Fred Weiss
Lawrence 88kSeven views of the USS Lawrence and USS Claude V. Ricketts in March of 1995 when both vessels were in Baltimore to be scrapped. Lawrence behind Ricketts.Larry Backus
Lawrence 85kAs above. Ricketts with Lawrence behind.Larry Backus
Lawrence 69kAs above. Ricketts with Lawrence behind.Larry Backus
Lawrence 83kAs above. (L-R) Ricketts and Lawrence.Larry Backus
Lawrence 91kAs above. Ricketts behind Lawrence.Larry Backus
Lawrence 89kAs above. (L-R) Lawrence and Ricketts.Larry Backus
Lawrence 85kAs above. (L-R) Lawrence and Ricketts.Larry Backus
Lawrence 43kShip's patchMike Smolinski
Lawrence 40kShip's patchMike Smolinski

USS LAWRENCE DD-954 / DDG-4 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Kent E. Garshwiler
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: LeapLarry4@aol.com
Next reunion: Barrington Hotel, Branson, MO June 22-25, 2005

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

Back To The Main Photo Index To The Destroyer Index Page


Comments and Suggestions about this page, E-mail DestroyerInfo
Problems and site related matters, E-mail Webmaster

This Page Is Created And Maintained By Fred Willshaw (ex DD692)
All Pages Copyright © 1996-2008 Paul R. Yarnall © 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.