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DD-558 USS LAWS

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NEKP

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - STOP GAP

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding. May 19 1942.
Launched April 22 1943 and commissioned November 18 1943.
Decommissioned December 10 1946, recommissioned November 2 1951.
Decommissioned March 30 1964.
Stricken April 15 1973.
Fate Sold December 3 1973 and broken up for scrap.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
82k	Artist's conception of the Laws as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.	Navy Yard Associates
60k	Undated, location unknown.	Larry Newman
60k	Undated, location unknown.	Larry Newman
67k	Undated, location unknown.	Marty Mustin
121k	San Diego early 1950's.	Marc Piché
118k	Our Navy Magazine, Mid-October 1953.	Stanley Svec
55k	1953-1956 era	Marty Mustin
229k	circa 1953	Marty Mustin
213k	Highline transfer of personnel to the USS Lexington, CVA 16, Task Force 77, East China Sea, August 1956.	Dale C. Haskin
109k	The first to prove that, if necessary, a destroyer could safely refuel from the port side of an angled deck carrier (USS Lexington, CVA 16), Task Force 77, East China Sea, August 1956.	Dale C. Haskin
119k	San Francisco June 13 1957.	Robert M. Cieri
104k	Melbourne, Australia, July, 1957 visit by DesDiv 72.	Dale C. Haskin

USS LAWS DD-558 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Daniel Crum, Sr
Address: 5300 18th Street N, St. Petersburg, FL 33714
Phone: (727)526-5773
E-mail: None

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

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