USS Spruance (DD-963)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Spruance.
USS Spruance (DD-963) was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Spruance class of destroyers and was named after Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and launched by Mrs. Raymond A. Spruance.[1] Spruance served in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 24 and operating out of Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Spruance was decommissioned on 23 March 2005 and then was sunk as a target on 8 December 2006.
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USS Spruance in Mayport on 21 June 1994 | |
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Name | Spruance |
Namesake | Raymond A. Spruance |
Ordered | 23 June 1970 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 27 November 1972 |
Launched | 10 November 1973 |
Acquired | 12 August 1975 |
Commissioned | 20 September 1975 |
Decommissioned | 23 March 2005 |
Stricken | 18 March 2005 |
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Motto | Wisdom, Fortitude, Reason |
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Fate | Sunk as target, 8 December 2006 |
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Class and type | Spruance-class destroyer |
Displacement | 8,040 (long) tons full load |
Length | 529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall |
Beam | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
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Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
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