WILLIAM P LAWRENCE DDG 110

Ship Name and Designation History

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Arleigh Burke Class (Flight IIa) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 16 September 2008 - Launched 15 December 2009 Christened 17 April 2010 - Accepted by the US Navy 23 February 2011 USS WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE DDG 110 Commissioned 4 June 2011

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1. USS William P. Lawrence DDG-110 Covers Page 1     (2008-2011)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AP 96671-1205)

2013-02-27

Official ships cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 12-2n (USS, FPO AP 96671-1205)

2011-06-08

Cacheted

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial "Commissioning / Station" Mobile AL

2011-06-04

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Vice Admiral William Porter Lawrence, USN (January 13 1930 – December 2 2005)
    Lawrence received his "wings of gold" as a Naval Aviator in 1952. He worked as a test pilot at the Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. When NASA established the manned-spaceflight program, Lawrence became part of Project Mercury and made it to the final round of candidates. He was released from the program only because of a small heart murmur discovered during flight training.
    Lawrence was the first naval aviator to fly at twice the speed of sound. He also served almost 6 years as a POW in North Vietnam and was later the Superintendent of the Naval Academy (August 1978 to August 1981), Commander of 3rd Fleet and Chief NAVPERS.
    VADM Lawrence’s military decorations include: Distinguished Service Medal (4 awards), Silver Star (3 awards), Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Heart (2 awards), Air Medal (3 awards), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V (2 awards), Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation (with silver star), POW Medal, National Defense Service Medal (with bronze star), Korean Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (three bronze stars), Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
    Lawrence's daughter, Wendy Lawrence, attended the Naval Academy during that period as part of the Class of 1981, the second USNA class to include female graduates. Like her father, she became a Naval Aviator and later applied to become a NASA Astronaut. Unlike her father, she was selected as an astronaut and subsequently flew multiple Space Shuttle missions. She retired from the Navy as a Captain.

The ship sponsors are Diane Lawrence, VAdm Lawrence's widow, and his daughters, Dr. Laurie Lawrence (Vanderbilt University) and Capt. Wendy Lawrence (USN Ret, and former shuttle astronaut).

 

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