Days after President Donald Trump announced he was making a large cut to the Coast Guard's budget the Coast Guard diverted Lawrence Lawson to Washington DC, where senior members of the military and Congress toured the vessel.

Her first commanding officer was LCDR Joe Rizzo, a 2005 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy
Days after President Donald Trump announced he was making a large cut to the Coast Guard's budget the Coast Guard diverted Lawrence Lawson to Washington DC, where senior members of the military and Congress toured the vessel.
Her first commanding officer was LCDR Joe Rizzo, a 2005 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy
USCGC Lawrence O. Lawson