Comments on: Persian Gulf Deployment (Unclassified) Aboard USS Lawrence DDG-4 (1983 – 1984) http://dancalloway.com/wordpress/2010/02/persian-gulf-deployment-aboard-uss-lawrence-ddg-4-1983-1984/ Dedicated to Saint Nestor the Chronicler (c. 1056 - 1114) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ink Cartridges http://dancalloway.com/wordpress/2010/02/persian-gulf-deployment-aboard-uss-lawrence-ddg-4-1983-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-3462 Ink Cartridges Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:24:03 +0000 http://dancalloway.com/wordpress/?p=2337#comment-3462 Hi, I come acoss this writing by Yahoo search engine. figured I should take a look around. your website is really interesting and has lots of great info. Look forward to checking out your some of your posts again. Hi, I come acoss this writing by Yahoo search engine. figured I should take a look around. your website is really interesting and has lots of great info. Look forward to checking out your some of your posts again.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://dancalloway.com/wordpress/2010/02/persian-gulf-deployment-aboard-uss-lawrence-ddg-4-1983-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-3284 Michael Smith Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:06:50 +0000 http://dancalloway.com/wordpress/?p=2337#comment-3284 He writes "Unfortunately, the USS Lawrence DDG-4 has been decommissioned and “moth balled.”" The only reason she was still in service in 1983 when I got to her was Regan's mandate that we have a 300 ship Navy....and the "affectionately referred to as the “Lawrence of Arabia,”" is just a fabrication....we called her "The Leaky Larry" and used to sing "We all live the on f#@king Larry Boat. The bastard barely floats. The f#@king Larry Boat" (to the tune of "Yellow Submarine"). :) It IS great to see the pictures and recalling all the ports. We also stopped in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Rota, Spain, and Bermuda on the way home. He writes “Unfortunately, the USS Lawrence DDG-4 has been decommissioned and “moth balled.”” The only reason she was still in service in 1983 when I got to her was Regan’s mandate that we have a 300 ship Navy….and the “affectionately referred to as the “Lawrence of Arabia,”” is just a fabrication….we called her “The Leaky Larry” and used to sing “We all live the on f#@king Larry Boat. The bastard barely floats. The f#@king Larry Boat” (to the tune of “Yellow Submarine”). :)

It IS great to see the pictures and recalling all the ports. We also stopped in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Rota, Spain, and Bermuda on the way home.

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