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Lawrence C. Taylor

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-415
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas
Launched	1944-01-29
Commissioned	1944-05-13
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 23 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Cullinan, Ralph Francis Jr. Commanding officer from 13 May 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Lawrence C. Taylor, hull DE-415, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Brown Shipbuilding, at Houston, Texas, laid her down on 20 December 1943 and launched her on 29 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 13 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Ralph Francis Cullinan Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Philippines, Lingayen, Luzon, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 7 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 23 April 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.