Name USS William C. Lawe Launched Never | Laid down 22 January 1944 Construction started 22 January 1944 | |
Namesake Aviation Metalsmith Third Class William Clare Lawe (1910-1942), U.S. Navy Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Builder Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California Fate Construction cancelled 13 March 1944; scrapped incomplete | ||
The first USS William C. Lawe (DE-313) was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort proposed during World War II. She was never completed.
William C. Lawe was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 22 January 1944. Her construction was cancelled on 13 March 1944.
The name William C. Lawe was reassigned to destroyer escort William C. Lawe (DE-373).
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