USS Laws
USS ''Laws'' (DD-558), a , was a ship of the United States Navy. ''Laws'' was laid down on 19 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; Ship naming and launching, launched on 22 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Mary A. Farwell; and ship commissioning, commissioned on 18 November 1943. Naming The ship was named for Alexander Laws, who served in the Navy during the Quasi-War and First Barbary War in the early 19th century. Laws was an American sailor commissioned as a midshipman on 15 May 1800, and served in the ship USS Ganges (1794), ''Ganges'' during the Quasi-War with France. Discharged under the Peace Establishment Act on 12 August 1801, he was again appointed midshipman on 25 August 1802. Initially assigned to the frigate USS Constitution, ''Constitution'', he volunteered to take part in the daring expedition under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Stephen Decatur, Jr., to board the captured U.S. frigate USS Philadelphia (1799), ''Philadelphia'', moored “wit ...
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