USS William P. Lawrence

USS *William P. Lawrence*
History
USS William P. Lawrence in 2015
United States
Name	William P. Lawrence
Namesake	William P. Lawrence
Ordered	13 September 2002
Builder	Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Laid down	16 September 2008
Launched	15 December 2009
Christened	17 April 2010
Commissioned	4 June 2011
Homeport	Pearl Harbor
Identification	MMSI number: 360516189 Callsign: NGBU Pennant number: DDG-110
Motto	Never Give In!
Nickname(s)	The William P. WPL
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 tons
Length	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines 2 shafts 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	exceeds 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy and was built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The ship is named for Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence (1930–2005), a naval aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, Mercury astronaut finalist, Vietnam War prisoner of war, a U.S. Third Fleet commander, a Chief of Naval Personnel, and a Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.