USS Charles Lawrence DE 53 APD 37

USS CHARLES LAWRENCE DE 53/APD 37

Named for Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class Charles Lawrence, b. 29 December 1916, Portland, OR; KIA 7 December 1941 at Kaneohe NAS

Type: TE
Builder: BHM
Keel laid 08/01/42
Launched 02/16/43
Commissioned 05/31/43
First CO: Lt Cdr L. S. Kintberger (1)
Redesignated 10/23/44
Decommissioned 06/21/46; one battle star
Stricken 09/01/64
Sold 01/31/66, scrapped
Served at Okinawa
Unit of CortDiv 6

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006