Destroyer arrives in Mobile

MOBILE, Ala. - The William P. Lawrence arrived in Mobile on Friday, where her crew will remain until the formal commissioning ceremony on June 4. After the commissioning, the ship will head for its home port in San Diego. The ship is 510 feet long and carries a crew of about 300. The 60th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., and is the 28th destroyer and 90th surface combatant from the Pascagoula shipyard. The ship is named for Vice Adm. William Porter Lawrence, who received his Naval Aviator Wings at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 05/28/11)