USS Lawrence (DD-8)

USS Lawrence (DD-8) anchored in a Pacific Coast harbor, probably on 26 May 1916
History
United States
Name:	Lawrence
Namesake:	Captain James Lawrence awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Builder:	Fore River Ship & Engine Company, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Laid down:	10 April 1899
Launched:	7 November 1900
Sponsored by:	Miss Ruth Lawrence, great-niece of Capt. James Lawrence
Commissioned:	7 April 1903
Decommissioned:	20 June 1919
Struck:	15 September 1919
Identification:	Hull symbol:DD-7 Code letters:NIY
Fate:	sold January 3, 1920 to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia
Status:	broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type:	Lawrence-class destroyer sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement:	400 long tons (410 t) (standard)
Length:	246 ft 3 in (75.06 m) (oa)
Beam:	22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Draft:	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Installed power:	8,400 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × shaft
Speed:	30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Capacity:	108 short tons (98 t) coal
Complement:	73 officers and enlisted
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns (removed in 1906 after trials found them to be too heavy for ship) 5 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (added 2 more in 1906 when 3" guns where removed) 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

The third USS Lawrence (DD-8) was a Lawrence-class destroyer, which was a sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer, in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain James Lawrence.

Lawrence was laid down on 10 April 1899 by Fore River Ship & Engine Company, Weymouth, Massachusetts; launched on 7 November 1900; sponsored by Miss Ruth Lawrence, great niece of Captain Lawrence; and commissioned on 7 April 1903, Lieutenant Andre M. Proctor in command.

Assigned to the 2nd Torpedo Flotilla, Lawrence operated along the Atlantic coast, taking part in the fleet search problem off the New England coast during the summer of 1903. The torpedo boat departed Norfolk on 17 December, and sailed to Key West for winter exercises.

During 1904, she performed Midshipmen cruises and acted as a torpedo practice ship. She continued exercises in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic coast until she decommissioned at Philadelphia on 14 November 1906.

Lawrence recommissioned on 23 July 1907 and resumed training operations out of Norfolk. Departing Hampton Roads on 2 December, she sailed with the torpedo flotilla for winter maneuvers in the Caribbean and off South America. She arrived at San Diego on 28 April 1908 and stood out San Francisco eight days later as the "Great White Fleet" steamed into San Francisco Bay. During the next four years, she operated in the Pacific with the 3rd Torpedo Flotilla patrolling the coast from Canada to Panama and engaged in exercises with the fleet. From 1 June 1912 – 23 April 1914, Lawrence was in commission in reserve.