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DDG-4 USS Lawrence
Namesake. James Lawrence, (1781-1813) an officer of the USN, during the War of 1812, he commanded USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against HMS Shannon, best known for his last words, "Don't give up the ship!", uttered during the capture of the Chesapeake.
Ordered. 28 Mar 1957
Builder. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, NJ
Laid down. 27 Oct 1958
Launched. 27 Feb 1960
Acquired. 20 Dec 1961
Commissioned. 6 Jan 1962
Decommissioned. 30 Mar 1990
Reclassified. DDG-4, 23 April 1957
Stricken. 16 May 1990
Motto. Don't give up the ship
Fate. Scrapped, 28 Oct 2004
Class and type. Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement. 3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length. 437 ft (133 m)
Beam. 47 ft (14 m)
Draft. 15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion.	
2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts
4 × Foster Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range. 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar, AN/SPS-10 surface search radar, AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar, AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar, AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar, AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament.	
1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile
2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun
1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher
6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes)

DDG-4 USS Lawrence

Namesake. James Lawrence, (1781-1813) an officer of the USN, during the War of 1812, he commanded USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against HMS Shannon, best known for his last words, "Don't give up the ship!", uttered during the capture of the Chesapeake.
Ordered. 28 Mar 1957
Builder. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, NJ
Laid down. 27 Oct 1958
Launched. 27 Feb 1960
Acquired. 20 Dec 1961
Commissioned. 6 Jan 1962
Decommissioned. 30 Mar 1990
Reclassified. DDG-4, 23 April 1957
Stricken. 16 May 1990
Motto. Don't give up the ship
Fate. Scrapped, 28 Oct 2004
Class and type. Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement. 3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length. 437 ft (133 m)
Beam. 47 ft (14 m)
Draft. 15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion.
2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts
4 × Foster Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range. 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar, AN/SPS-10 surface search radar, AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar, AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar, AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar, AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament.
1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile
2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun
1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher
6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes)

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