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U.S.S. CHARLES LAWRENCE

(APD-37)


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APD-37 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1942-Keel Date: 1 AUG 1942
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Hingham MA
FEB1943-Launch Date: 16 FEB 1943
MAY1943-Commissioned: 31 MAY 1943
JUN1946-Decommissioned: 21 JUN 1946

APD-37 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Draft: 9 feet 6 in

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 17 November 1965