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{{Quote|it=no|''[[Preston Packard|You]] heard of the <b>USS ''Lawton''</b>? Neither did the public. Out of a thousand young men on that ship, I was the only survivor. They told my family she was sunk in battle, but I know [[Ion Dragon|what]] I saw.''|[[Bill Randa]] (''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'')}} | {{Quote|it=no|''[[Preston Packard|You]] heard of the <b>USS ''Lawton''</b>? Neither did the public. Out of a thousand young men on that ship, I was the only survivor. They told my family she was sunk in battle, but I know [[Ion Dragon|what]] I saw.''|[[Bill Randa]] (''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'')}} | ||
The '''USS ''Lawton''''' is a fictional [[United States]] | The '''USS ''Lawton''''' is a fictional [[United States]] [[wikipedia:Fletcher-class destroyer|''Fletcher''-class destroyer]] which is first mentioned in the [[2017]] [[Monsterverse]] film ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''. Its destruction at the claws of the [[Ion Dragon]] in [[1943]] precipitated the foundation of [[Monarch]] several years later, and led its sole surviving crew member, [[Bill Randa]], to join the organization. The ship later appeared in flashback in the [[2023]] Apple TV+ [[:Category:Television Series|television series]] ''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]''. | ||
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The USS ''Lawton'' was a vessel operated by the [[United States]] Navy during World War II. In [[1943]], the ship was attacked and destroyed by a huge unidentified [[Ion Dragon|creature]], leaving [[Bill Randa]] as the only survivor. Due to the nature of the attack, the U.S. government covered up the incident and officially declared that the ''Lawton'' was sunk by the enemy. One year after the war's end, in [[1946]], U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to create a task force in order to further investigate the sinking of the ''Lawton'' and other similar recent incidents involving [[MUTO (designation)|Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms]], or MUTOs | The USS ''Lawton'' was a vessel operated by the [[United States]] Navy during World War II. In [[1943]], the ship was attacked and destroyed by a huge unidentified [[Ion Dragon|creature]], leaving [[Bill Randa]] as the only survivor. Due to the nature of the attack, the U.S. government covered up the incident and officially declared that the ''Lawton'' was sunk by the enemy. One year after the war's end, in [[1946]], U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to create a task force in order to further investigate the sinking of the ''Lawton'' and other similar recent incidents involving [[MUTO (designation)|Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms]], or MUTOs. Randa, still fixated on the sinking of the ''Lawton'', joined Monarch by [[1952]] in order to prove to the world that monsters existed and prevent similar attacks in the future. He maintained that the creature which sank the ''Lawton'' had "no conscience" and only destroyed, and came to fear that ancient [[superspecies]] like it would return to reclaim the world from mankind unless they fought back. | ||
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====="[[Departure]]"===== | |||
In [[1952]], [[Bill Randa]] and [[Keiko Miura]] discovered the rusted and battered ''Lawton'' far from shore in a jungle in the Philippines, after following their maps of the ionizing radiation trails left by something that Randa believed to be a dragon. He recognized it immediately, recounting that the Lawton sank 200 miles west of Pearl Harbor in 1943, a shocking distance away from the Philippines. He filmed their exploration of the ship. After he searched through a box and took out a baseball cap, Reiko spotted his name on the box and realized that he once served on the ''Lawton''. He told her about its sinking in more detail: they thought they hit a Japanese submarine at first and the ship ultimately sank in under three minutes, leaving him the sole survivor. Next they came upon strange organic growth on the walls of the ''Lawton'' followed by a room full of dead sailors entombed in a waxy substance, horrifying Bill. As they prepared to leave, they noticed a fresh secretion. A force outside put dents in the hull of the ''Lawton'', then punched through it with a giant claw, pinning Bill under debris. Keiko's military escort [[Lee Shaw]] arrived to help her free him as the monster continued its assault. They leapt out of the falling ship, barely running clear of it as it crashed down. The [[Ion Dragon]] then burst out of the vessel and flew after them, missing them as they reached the treeline and a small pit. Shaw was stunned to realize Bill was right as the awestruck scientists watched it land on the ship and bellow. | |||
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<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | |||
vlcsnap-2023-11-21-09h20m21s755.png|The original fate and design of the USS ''Lawton'' | |||
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<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | |||
F LO-ORXgAAyzDf.jpg|[[Bill Randa]] examines the USS ''Lawton'' | |||
LoM Ion Dragon.jpeg|The [[Ion Dragon]] roars atop the USS ''Lawton'' | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Prior to its confirmation as the [[Ion Dragon]] in ''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'', the identity of the creature which sank the ''Lawton'' was widely speculated by fans to have been [[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]]. | *''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'' retconned the destruction of the USS ''Lawton'' as portrayed in ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'', where a newspaper clipping showed it washing ashore with prominent claw marks on the hull. Its appearance also changed from a battleship to a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer, with "''Lawton''" printed closer to the front of the ship instead of "USS ''Lawton''" on its side. | ||
*Prior to its confirmation as the [[Ion Dragon]] in ''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'', the identity of the creature which sank the ''Lawton'' was widely speculated by fans to have been [[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]]. In a 2017 interview with [[Toho Kingdom]], ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'' director [[Jordan Vogt-Roberts]] stated that he did not intend for Godzilla to be the culprit, but rather imagined that the ''Lawton'' was sunk by a previously-unseen original monster.<ref name="JVR">{{cite web|url=https://www.tohokingdom.com/interviews/jordan_vogt-roberts_video_08-2017.html|title=Interview: Jordan Vogt-Roberts|work=[[Toho Kingdom]]|author=Mirjahangir, Chris|date=22 July 2017|accessdate=5 September 2022}}</ref> | |||
*The USS ''Lawton'' is omitted from ''[[Kong: Skull Island - The Official Movie Novelization]]''; instead, [[Bill Randa]] joins [[Monarch]] as a result of a lifelong interest in myth kindled by his global travels during his World War II service. | *The USS ''Lawton'' is omitted from ''[[Kong: Skull Island - The Official Movie Novelization]]''; instead, [[Bill Randa]] joins [[Monarch]] as a result of a lifelong interest in myth kindled by his global travels during his World War II service. | ||
*The ship class of the USS ''Lawton'' is unknown; it mostly resembles a ''South Dakota''-class battleship, but has the bow of an ''Iowa''-class battleship.<ref name="Wolf">{{cite web|url=https://wolfsden18.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/kong-skull-island-facts-of-uss-lawton/|title=Kong: Skull Island – The USS Lawton|author=Wolf of the Aurora|date=17 August 2022|work=The Wolf's Den}}</ref> It is also not named after a state, as was required of all U.S. battleships, and has its name printed on its side instead of a hull number. | *The ship class of the USS ''Lawton'' as it appears in ''Kong: Skull Island'' is unknown; it mostly resembles a ''South Dakota''-class battleship, but has the bow of an ''Iowa''-class battleship.<ref name="Wolf">{{cite web|url=https://wolfsden18.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/kong-skull-island-facts-of-uss-lawton/|title=Kong: Skull Island – The USS Lawton|author=Wolf of the Aurora|date=17 August 2022|work=The Wolf's Den}}</ref> It is also not named after a state, as was required of all U.S. battleships, and has its name printed on its side instead of a hull number. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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The USS Lawton is a fictional United States Fletcher-class destroyer which is first mentioned in the 2017 Monsterverse film Kong: Skull Island. Its destruction at the claws of the Ion Dragon in 1943 precipitated the foundation of Monarch several years later, and led its sole surviving crew member, Bill Randa, to join the organization. The ship later appeared in flashback in the 2023 Apple TV+ television series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
History
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV 2023-2024) [episode 2]
Monsterverse
Kong: Skull Island
The USS Lawton was a vessel operated by the United States Navy during World War II. In 1943, the ship was attacked and destroyed by a huge unidentified creature, leaving Bill Randa as the only survivor. Due to the nature of the attack, the U.S. government covered up the incident and officially declared that the Lawton was sunk by the enemy. One year after the war's end, in 1946, U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to create a task force in order to further investigate the sinking of the Lawton and other similar recent incidents involving Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms, or MUTOs. Randa, still fixated on the sinking of the Lawton, joined Monarch by 1952 in order to prove to the world that monsters existed and prevent similar attacks in the future. He maintained that the creature which sank the Lawton had "no conscience" and only destroyed, and came to fear that ancient superspecies like it would return to reclaim the world from mankind unless they fought back.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
"Departure"
In 1952, Bill Randa and Keiko Miura discovered the rusted and battered Lawton far from shore in a jungle in the Philippines, after following their maps of the ionizing radiation trails left by something that Randa believed to be a dragon. He recognized it immediately, recounting that the Lawton sank 200 miles west of Pearl Harbor in 1943, a shocking distance away from the Philippines. He filmed their exploration of the ship. After he searched through a box and took out a baseball cap, Reiko spotted his name on the box and realized that he once served on the Lawton. He told her about its sinking in more detail: they thought they hit a Japanese submarine at first and the ship ultimately sank in under three minutes, leaving him the sole survivor. Next they came upon strange organic growth on the walls of the Lawton followed by a room full of dead sailors entombed in a waxy substance, horrifying Bill. As they prepared to leave, they noticed a fresh secretion. A force outside put dents in the hull of the Lawton, then punched through it with a giant claw, pinning Bill under debris. Keiko's military escort Lee Shaw arrived to help her free him as the monster continued its assault. They leapt out of the falling ship, barely running clear of it as it crashed down. The Ion Dragon then burst out of the vessel and flew after them, missing them as they reached the treeline and a small pit. Shaw was stunned to realize Bill was right as the awestruck scientists watched it land on the ship and bellow.
Gallery
Kong: Skull Island
The original fate and design of the USS Lawton
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Bill Randa examines the USS Lawton
The Ion Dragon roars atop the USS Lawton
Trivia
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters retconned the destruction of the USS Lawton as portrayed in Kong: Skull Island, where a newspaper clipping showed it washing ashore with prominent claw marks on the hull. Its appearance also changed from a battleship to a Fletcher-class destroyer, with "Lawton" printed closer to the front of the ship instead of "USS Lawton" on its side.
- Prior to its confirmation as the Ion Dragon in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the identity of the creature which sank the Lawton was widely speculated by fans to have been Godzilla. In a 2017 interview with Toho Kingdom, Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts stated that he did not intend for Godzilla to be the culprit, but rather imagined that the Lawton was sunk by a previously-unseen original monster.[1]
- The USS Lawton is omitted from Kong: Skull Island - The Official Movie Novelization; instead, Bill Randa joins Monarch as a result of a lifelong interest in myth kindled by his global travels during his World War II service.
- The ship class of the USS Lawton as it appears in Kong: Skull Island is unknown; it mostly resembles a South Dakota-class battleship, but has the bow of an Iowa-class battleship.[2] It is also not named after a state, as was required of all U.S. battleships, and has its name printed on its side instead of a hull number.
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