USS William P. Lawrence
{{Short description|American guided missile destroyer}}
{{for|similarly named ships|USS Lawrence}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
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| infobox caption = yes }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) steams toward San Diego Harbor in May 2015.jpg | Ship caption = USS William P. Lawrence in 2015 }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag}} | Ship name = William P. Lawrence | Ship namesake = William P. Lawrence | Ship ordered = 13 September 2002 | Ship builder = Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding | Ship laid down = 16 September 2008 | Ship launched = 15 December 2009 | Ship christened = 17 April 2010 | Ship commissioned = 4 June 2011 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = Pearl Harbor | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|360516189}}
| Ship motto = Never Give In! | Ship nickname = * The William P.
| Ship honors = | Ship fate = | Ship status = {{ship in active service}} | Ship notes = | Ship badge = 150px }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} | Ship displacement = 9,200 tons | Ship length = {{convert|509|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|66|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|31|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines
| Ship speed = exceeds {{convert|30|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament}} | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}} | Ship notes = }} |
USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy and was built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. 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.
Construction
William P. Lawrence{{'}}s keel was laid down on 16 September 2008,{{cite web| url= {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG110}}| title= WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE (DDG 110)| date= 3 December 2008 | work= Naval Vessel Register | publisher= NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO)| access-date=16 April 2010 }} at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Shipyard, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. William P. Lawrence was launched on 15 December 2009,{{csr|register=MSI|id=6135315|shipname=William P. Lawrence|accessdate=2 September 2021}} and she 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 Space Shuttle astronaut).{{cite web| url= http://www.marketwatch.com/story/photo-release-northrop-grumman-built-william-p-lawrence-christened-legacy-of-former-pow-honored-2010-04-17?reflink=MW_news_stmp| title= Photo Release – Northrop Grumman-Built William P. Lawrence Christened; Legacy of Former POW Honored| date= 17 April 2010| publisher= GlobeNewswire| access-date=17 April 2010 }} The ship was commissioned at the Port of Mobile, Alabama, on 4 June 2011.Griggs, Travis, "[http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/06/gannett-navy-lawrence-destroyer-commissioned-in-mobile-060511/ Destroyer Lawrence commissioned in Mobile]", Military Times, 5 June 2011.
Ship history
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William P. Lawrence departed Naval Station San Diego, California, on 14 January 2013, for her first overseas deployment as part of a four-ship surface action group from Carrier Strike Group 11.{{cite web | author= Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Carla Ocampo, USN | title= USS Lawrence Sets Sail for Maiden Deployment | url= http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=71542 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150610224034/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=71542 | url-status= dead | archive-date= 10 June 2015 | work= NNS130118-18 | publisher= USS Lawrence Public Affairs | date= 18 January 2012 | access-date=2013-01-23}}
On 1 March 2013, William P. Lawrence entered the Persian Gulf for operations with Carrier Strike Group 3. On 11 March 2013, the ship rendered assistance to a burning vessel while operating in the Strait of Hormuz.{{cite web | first=Carla |last=Ocampo, USN |title= Lawrence Conducts First Strait of Hormuz Transit | url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=72475 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713083707/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=72475 | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 July 2015 | work= NNS130304-05 | publisher= USS William P. Lawrence Public Affairs | date= 3 March 2013 | access-date=2013-03-14}} and {{cite web |first= Carla |last=Ocampo |title= USS William P. Lawrence encounters burning vessel | url=http://www.dvidshub.net/image/886966/uss-william-p-lawrence-encounters-burning-vessel#.UZFBKKKG2iM | work= Navy Media Content Center #886966 | publisher= DVIDS | date= 14 March 2013 | access-date=2013-05-14 |quote=Photo taken on 11 March 2013.}} In April 2013, on two separate occasions, William P. Lawrence joined the {{ship|French frigate|Montcalm|D642|2|up=yes}} in rendering assistance to civilian mariners in distress while operating in the Gulf of Oman, as part of Combined Task Force 150.{{cite web | title= Warships from CTF-150 Come to Mariners Rescue in Sea of Oman | url= http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Warships-from-CTF-150-come-to-mariners-rescue-in-Sea-of-Oman-273e | work= BBC News | publisher= Muscat Daily | date= 20 April 2013 | access-date= 2013-05-06 | archive-date= 20 October 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131020072606/http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Warships-from-CTF-150-come-to-mariners-rescue-in-Sea-of-Oman-273e | url-status= dead }} Starting 2 September 2013, William P. Lawrence began operating in the Red Sea, as part of Carrier Strike Group 11.{{cite news |work=Reuters |title=USS Nimitz carrier moves into Red Sea |date=2013-09-02 |access-date=2 September 2013 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-ships-idUSBRE9810DA20130902 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929125929/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/02/us-syria-crisis-ships-idUSBRE9810DA20130902 |url-status=live }}
On 22 September 2013, a large wave hit a helicopter and pushed it into the Red Sea shortly after landing on William P. Lawrence, resulting in the death of two pilots. The vessel was moving at flank speeds to relieve another escort ship in a defensive screen around Carrier Strike Group 3 in U.S. Central Command. The wave came over the starboard side of the flight deck and struck the helicopter less than ten minutes after landing and being chocked and chained (red deck), with rotors still spinning. The other three aircrew members were rescued.{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2014/05/20/fatal-knighthawk-crash-partially-blamed-destroyer-skipper-crew|title=Fatal Knighthawk Crash Partially Blamed on Destroyer Skipper, Crew|date=20 May 2014|website=news.usni.org}}
On 10 May 2016, the US Navy reported that the ship sailed close to the Fiery Cross Reef, as part of a planned series of Freedom of navigation operations, (also referred to as FONOPs) in the area.{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/10/after-months-of-waiting-us-finally-begins-freedom-of-navigation-patrols-near-chinas-man-made-islands/|title=After Months of Waiting, US Finally Begins Freedom of Navigation Patrols Near China's Man-Made Islands|last=Diplomat|first=Ankit Panda, The|access-date=2016-07-16}} The operation prompted the PRC to express "dissatisfaction and opposition"; a Pentagon spokesperson said that the operation was undertaken to challenge the "excessive maritime claims by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam which were seeking to restrict navigation rights in the South China Sea."{{cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|title=US warship sails by South China Sea reef, irking Beijing|newspaper=Hong Kong Free Press|date=10 May 2016|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/10/us-warship-sails-by-south-china-sea-reef-irking-beijing/|access-date=10 May 2016}}{{cite news|title=China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-usa-china/china-scrambles-fighters-as-u-s-sails-warship-near-chinese-claimed-reef-idUSKCN0Y10DM|agency=Reuters|work=Reuters|date=10 May 2016}}
In 2016, the ship was part of Destroyer Squadron 21.{{cite web| url = http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cds21/Pages/default.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161229231045/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cds21/Pages/default.aspx| archive-date = 2016-12-29| title = COMDESRON Twenty One}}
{{As of|October 2020}}, the ship was assigned to the United States Fourth Fleet supporting Joint Interagency Task Force South.{{cite news|first=Mallory|last=Shelbourne|title=Navy Destroyer Performs Freedom of Navigation Operation Off Venezuelan Coast|publisher=USNI News|date=1 October 2020|url=https://news.usni.org/2020/10/01/navy-destroyer-performs-freedom-of-navigation-operation-off-venezuelan-coast#more-80414|access-date=5 December 2020}}{{cite press release|last=U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs|title=USS William P. Lawrence, Brazil Unite for Training Exercise in Caribbean|publisher=U.S. Southern Command|date=28 October 2020|url=https://www.southcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/Article/2401696/uss-william-p-lawrence-brazil-unite-for-training-exercise-in-caribbean/|access-date=5 December 2020}} In November 2020, she served as an off-shore base for MH-60R Seahawk helicopters of HSM-37 conducting disaster relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta.{{cite press release|last=U.S. Fourth Fleet Public Affairs Office|title=USS William P. Lawrence Joins Hurricane Eta Relief in Honduras|publisher=U.S. Southern Command|date=13 November 2020|url=https://www.southcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/Article/2417431/uss-william-p-lawrence-joins-hurricane-eta-relief-in-honduras/|access-date=5 December 2020}}
William P. Lawrence participated in RIMPAC 2022.{{cite news |title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker |url=https://news.usni.org/2022/08/01/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-1-2022 |access-date=9 August 2022 |publisher=news.usni.org |date=1 August 2022}}
POW/MIA table
Even within the cramped confines of a Navy ship, William P. Lawrence honors her namesake's experience as a prisoner of war by maintaining a missing man table in the ship's mess.
Notes
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References
{{Naval Vessel Register}}
External links
{{Commons category|USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)}}
- {{Official website|https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/ddg110/}}
- [https://archive.today/20121212223554/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg110/Pages/MobileALAnnouncesShipsCommissioning.aspx Mobile, Alabama announces commissioning ceremony]
- {{cite web
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| title= USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)
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| work= Destroyer Photo Archive | publisher= NavSource Naval History
| access-date=16 April 2010 }}
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Category:Arleigh Burke-class destroyers