USS Lawrence Association  

"Lawrence Sea Stories"

 What is a Sea Story? It is usually a work of art, a true depiction of a actual event, or even a fictional version of an actual event, all that taken place while on a ship or on liberty. There are also many versions of the same story depending on who is telling it. Here is your chance to get your version of the hundreds of these stories out for all to read.

  Stories should be sent via e-mail using the link below as a Word Document attachment. Give your story a unique title. Once we read it over it will be converted to a PDF file and  place here on this page. Remember to keep it clean as the public will be reading them. 

You may view a story by clicking on the story title.

"The Last Cruise"

This is about the final cruise USS Lawrence DD-250 took from the West Coast to the East Coast for its Decommissioning. The story is told by LTJG Norman Booth, Assistant Engineering Officer DD-250(1944-1945). Beware of the flying fish!  

"Linebacker Strike"

Not everybody can play the linebacker position in football and not every Seventh Fleet warship could be part of the Linebacker Surface Strike Group. DEs and DEGs couldn’t make the team, but DDs , and DDGs like the Lawrence , had the speed, stamina, and strength to conduct strikes in North Vietnam and to interdict enemy logistics and lines of communication.

by

Commander Robert C. Powers USN (Retired)