&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:USS_William_C_Lawe_(DD-763)_in_the_Atlantic_1967.jpg) USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) in 1967.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS William C. Lawe |
| Namesake | William C. Lawe |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 12 March 1944 |
| Launched | 21 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1983 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1983 |
| Honors and awards | 2 battle stars (Vietnam) |
| Fate | Sunk as a target, 14 July 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
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The third USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.