WILLIAM P LAWRENCE DDG 110
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid September 16 2008 - Launched December 15 2009 Christened April 17 2010 - Accepted by the US Navy February 23 2011 |
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- Covers Page 1 (2008)
Postmarks
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USPS 4-bar |
2008-09-16 |
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Keel Laying, 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.
His military decorations include four Navy Distinguished Service Medals, three Silver Stars, a Distinguished Flying Cross, a Bronze Star with Combat “V”, two Purple Hearts and numerous other decorations.
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.
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