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USS Charles Lawrence (DE 53 / APD 37)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - W - R - P
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/1 star - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal
CLASS: Buckley      TYPE:TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Hingham MA on 1 August 1942
Launched 16 February 1943, Commissioned 31 May 1943
Converted at New York NSY, Reclassified APD-37, 23 October 1944
Decommissioned 21 June 1946, Stricken 1 September 1964
Fate: sold for scrapping 31 January 1966
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Chas. Lawrence 172k 5 October 1943 - New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY John Klar
Chas. Lawrence 127k undated wartime image - location unknown John Klar
Chas. Lawrence 100k undated wartime image - location unknown John Klar
Chas. Lawrence 131k undated wartime image - location unknown (seems like a later photo than the last two, the DE is missing on the hull number, and it looks like the 1.1" AA gun on the 01 level aft has been changed to a twin 40MM. John Klar
View the USS Charles Lawrence (DE 53 / APD 37), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
September 11-15, 2001
Colorado Springs, CO
Contact Name: Henry B. Cranford HMCS (SS) USN (ret.)
Address: 2463 Bear Den Road / Frederick MD 21701
Phone: (301) 620-4045
E-mail: Henry Cranford
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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, Charles Lawrence
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