
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
APD-37 USS Charles Lawrence
- Charles Lawrence Class High-Speed Transport (ex-Buckley Class Destroyer Escort):
- Displacement: 1,450 tons
- Length: 306'
- Beam: 37'
- Draft: 12'
- Speed: 23 knots (max); 12 knots (econ)
- Armament: 1 5"/38 DP; 3x2 40mm; 6 20mm; 2 DC tracks
- Complement: 15 officers, 198 enlisted
- Turbo-electric drive, twin screws, 12,000 h.p.
- Built at Bethlehem-Hingham and commissioned as DE-53 31 May 1943
- Converted to High-Speed Transport 23 October 1944
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November 30, 2000