Allied Warships

USS Charles Lawrence (DE 53)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassBuckley 
PennantDE 53 
Built byBethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Aug 1942 
Launched16 Feb 1943 
Commissioned31 May 1943 
End service21 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Reclassified as High Speed Transport APD-37 on 23 October 1944.
Decommissioned 21 June 1946.
Stricken 1 September 1964.
Sold 31 January 1966 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Charles Lawrence (DE 53)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Leon Samuel Kintberger, USN31 May 1943Aug 1943
2Lt.Cdr. Francis Kerning, USNAug 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts

Bruce Hampton Franklin

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