USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)

USS William P. Lawrence

USS William P. Lawrence in 2015
History
United States
Name:	USS William P. Lawrence
Namesake:	Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence
Ordered:	13 September 2002
Builder:	Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Laid down:	16 September 2008
Launched:	15 December 2009
Christened:	17 April 2010
Commissioned:	4 June 2011
Homeport:	Naval Base Pearl Harbor
Motto:	"Never Give In!"
Status:	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement:	9,200 tons
Length:	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam:	66 ft (20 m)
Draft:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines 2 shafts 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	exceeds 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	380 officers and enlisted
Armament:	1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5 in/62 (127 mm/62) gun 2 × 25 mm guns 4 × 12.7 mm guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. She is the 60th ship in her class and is currently in service. In 2016 the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 21.

The ship is named for Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence (1930–2005), a naval aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, Mercury astronaut finalist, Vietnam War prisoner of war, a U.S. Third Fleet commander, a Chief of Naval Personnel, and a Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

William P. Lawrence's keel was laid down on 16 September 2008, at the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. William P. Lawrence was launched on 15 December 2009, and was christened on 17 April 2010, sponsored by Vice Admiral Lawrence's widow, Diane Lawrence, and his daughters, Dr. Laurie Lawrence and Captain Wendy Lawrence (USN Ret, and former shuttle astronaut).Lawrence's plankowning captain is CDR Thomas R. Williams, II. The ship was commissioned at the Port of Mobile, Alabama on 4 June 2011.William P. Lawrence departed Naval Station San Diego, California, on 14 January 2013 for its first overseas deployment as part of a four-ship surface action group from Carrier Strike Group 11.

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