USS Lawrence C. Taylor
Service
- as Lawrence C. Taylor13 May 1944 — 23 April 1946477 days of the war
- Name
- USS Lawrence C. Taylor
- Laid down
- 20 December 1943
- Launched
- 29 January 1944
- Commissioned
- 13 May 1944
- Decommissioned
- 23 April 1946
- Struck
- 1 December 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 12 September 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 215
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Lawrence C. Taylor was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 20 December 1943. She entered service on 13 May 1944, having been launched on 29 January 1944.
Her class ran to 81 ships. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
Displacement was 1,350 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 215. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 477 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 23 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 12 September 1973.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12000 shp, 2 screws
- Armament
- 2 × 5"/38 caliber guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns
- 10 × 20 mm AA cannons
- 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
- 8 depth charge throwers, 2 depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- USS Dennis
- USS Douglas A. Munro
- USS Doyle C. Barnes
- USS Dufilho
- USS Edmonds
- USS Edward H. Allen
- USS Edwin A. Howard
- USS Eversole (DE-404)
- USS Formoe
- USS French
- USS Gentry
- USS George E. Davis
- USS Gilligan
- USS Goss
- USS Grady
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Lawrence C. Taylor on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons