Allied Warships

USS William C. Lawe (DD 763)

Destroyer of the Gearing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassGearing 
PennantDD 763 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered7 Aug 1942 
Laid down12 Mar 1944 
Launched21 May 1945 
Commissioned18 Dec 1945 
End service 
History

Decommissioned at an unknown date.
Stricken 1 October 1983.

 

Commands listed for USS William C. Lawe (DD 763)

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1T/Cdr. George Russell Lee, USN18 Dec 194518 Aug 1948

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Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore


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