USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)
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It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final version of the ship.
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| Ordered: | 13 September 2002 |
| Status: | Authorized |
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| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.3 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 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5 in (127 mm)/62, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. The ship, the 60th of the 62-ship class, is slated to be built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Mississippi,
The ship is named for Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence, a fighter pilot, Vietnam War POW, Third Fleet commander, Chief of Naval Personnel, and superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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