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Created: 2019-10-07 7:08:04 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-28 11:56:57 PM

USS William C. Lawe (1981/07/31)	USS William C. Lawe (1981/08/18)	USS William C. Lawe (1981/08/18)	USS William C. Lawe (1981/08/18)
USS William C. Lawe (1981/08/19)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Bethlehem Steel Company	Location:	San Francisco, California, United States	Hull #:	5417
Keel Layed:	1944/03/12	Launched:	1945/05/21	Commissioned:	1946/12/18

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 steam turbine engines	Output:	60000 shp - 35 knots
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	119.02 m (390.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3460
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	12.45 m (40.83 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	4.37 m (14.33 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
United States Navy		1946/12/18	1983/10/01

Fleet	From	Until
United States Navy	1946/12/18	1983/10/01

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
USS William C. Lawe (DD-763)	1983/10/01
William C. Lawe	1999/07/14

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
	United States	NTSA		1946/12/18	1999/07/14

Description

Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy on 1 October 1983. Subsequently laid up in the James River reserve fleet.
Sunk as a target during SINKEX on 14 July 1999 in the Sargasso Sea area of the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and northeast of the Bahamas. Harpoon anti-ship missiles, laser-guided bombs and 5-inch naval gunfire were used to send the ship to the bottom.

Disposition
Description/Location	Sunk as a target on 14 July 1999.
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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