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DE-53 / APD-37 Charles Lawrence
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort 1 August 1942 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham MA; Launched 16 February 1943; Commissioned USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53), 31 May 1943; Converted at New York to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport redesignated, (APD-37), 23 October 1944. Charles Lawrence was the lead ship in this class of APD conversions; Placed Out-of-Commission-in-Reserve 21 June 1946 at Green Cove Spring Fla; Laid up in the Altlantic Reserve Fleet, Floridia Group, Green Cove Springs; Struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1964; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 31 January 1966.
Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 162; Boats 4 LCVP landing craft; Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers, 2 shafts, 12,000 Shaft horsepower.
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