| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 159 |
| Built by | Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 23 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 4 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 1 Aug 1943 |
| End service | 13 Sep 1956 |
| History | Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD-55 on 24 November 1944. |
Commands listed for USS Laning (DE 159)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr. Edwin Charles Woodward, USN | 1 Aug 1943 | 8 Nov 1943 |
| 2 | Edwin Arthur Shuman, Jr., USNR | 8 Nov 1943 | Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Laning include:
5 May 1944
USS Laning picks up 136 survivors from the American destroyer escort USS Fechteler (DE 157) that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-967 about 120 nautical miles north-west of Oran, Algeria in position 36°07'N, 2°40'W.
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