USS Lawrence Association

At the 2009 Charleston Reunion, your shipmates voted to fully support the Adams Class Museum Ship restoration efforts by sponsoring 3 Hull Plates in the ACVA's new Hull Restoration Fundraiser. The cost for two hull plates is $2500 and the third is $2000. No Assocations funds will be used towards the plates. Instead we are asking you our shipmates to mail in a tax deducatble donation to the ACVA that will be applied to a specific plate #. If you were a E-1 to E-6, donate to plate # S-4. If you were E-7 to E-9, donate to plate # P-4. That was the original hull number until the change to DDG-4. And if you are an officer on DDG-4 or a DD-250 crewmember, donate to plate # S-250. This is to honor our DD-250 members past and present. DDG-4 is going to have a large presense in the museum due to the larger amount of equipment obtained from her before dismantling. The most out of all 23 Adams Class DDG's. Help preserve DDG-4's history by making a donation today. Click on the link below for the donation form.

USS LAWRENCE ASSOCATION HULL PLATE DONATION FORM

USS Lawrence DDG-4 Model Ship Raffle

We will be again holding our USS Lawrence DDG-4 model kit raffle in the near future. Andy Roberts was our last winner of the 1/96 scale wooden plank ship on frame model of USS Lawrence DDG-4. The model was 54 5/8" long and 6 1/4" at the beam. The kit contained all items needed to build the model. The kits are valued around $400 and are being donated by Keith Mullen who owns BaD Ship Models. Keith has now donated 2 completed models as shown above to the Adams Class Museum and additional kits that are auctioned off at the Fall Adams Class Museum Fundraiser. Click on the Bad Logo below to see the other models that Keith offers. We are only one of two Adams Class DDG ship associations that are getting the donated models from Keith since several of our members have made purchases from BaD Ship Models. The USS Lawrence Association raised $500 on this raffle to date.

2011 Jacksonville, FL Reunion

This year sadly we had a very low turn out due the the economy. Click on the "Past Reunions" link on the left side of the page for pictures of the Jacksonville Reunion which will be posted in the near future. There are major changes for the upcoming reunions. New information is posted at the "Upcoming Reunion" link on the left side of this page. Information on the future San Diego, Norfolk, and San Antonio Reunions can be found by clicking on the "Future Reunions" link.

Find out how can win in our "Reunion Raffle" by clicking on the "Reunion Raffle" link to the left.

Adams Class Veterans Association (ACVA)

The USS Lawrence Association is a proud supporter of the ACVA's efforts to preserve our sister ship, the USS Charles F. Adams DDG-2. The Adams will serve as a floating memorial and museum in Jacksonville, FL in honor of those who served on all Adams Class DDG's, Navy Veterans, and Veterans in general. The ACVA needs your help to make this dream come true. Click on the ACVA's logo at the top right of this page to find out how you can donate by check, credit card, or become a volunteer in the restoration of the ship.

Crew Members

Use the links to the left to see if you are listed as a crew member. If you are not, see how you can get listed and become a member. You can also contribute to this website by providing sea stories, pictures, and copies of documents that pertained to your ship. All contributions are welcomed. It does however take us sometime to get them posted.

You may use the "Links" section to the left to visit our Adams Class Sister Ships, Veterans sites, or other Navy sites of interest. If you feel a site should be on our list and it is not, feel free to e-mail us a link to the site and we will get it listed as soon as possible.