[3][4][5][1][6] She was built at Bollinger Shipyards, in Lockport, Louisiana, and delivered to the Coast Guard, for her sea trials, on October 20, 2016.

[2] She is the second cutter of her class to be the homeported at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey, and also the second to be stationed outside of the Caribbean.

[citation needed] Like her sister ships, Lawrence Lawson is primarily devoted to search and rescue, and interception of drug and people smugglers.

[citation needed] The homeport of Lawrence Lawson and her sister ship, Rollin Fritch is the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May.

[10] The vessel is named in honor of Lawrence O. Lawson, who served as the United States Lifesaving Service's stationkeeper, in Evanston, Illinois, and who led the crew of his oar-powered surfboat into icy, stormy waters in the widely celebrated rescue of the entire crew of the steamship Calumet.