Spruance Class Destroyers


USS Spruance
Homeport abbreviations as follows:
SD=San Diego, CA
MF=Mayport, FL
NV=Norfolk, VA PH-Pearl Harbour,Hawaii
YJ-Yokusuka,Japan
EV-Everett,Wash.
WHG-Western Hemisphere Group

General Characteristics, Spruance Class

Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding
Power Plant 4 GE LM 2500 gas turbines, two shafts, 80,000 total shaft horsepower
Length 563 feet
Beam 55 feet
Displacement 9,100 tons full load
Speed 33 knots
Aircraft Two SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters

Vessels
Ships Hull Numbers Home Port or Current Status
USS Spruance DD-963 MF
USS Paul F. Foster DD-964 EV
USS Kinkaid DD-965 SD
USS Hewitt DD-966 YJ
USS Elliot DD-967 SD
USS Arthur W. Radford DD-968 NV
USS Peterson DD-969 NV
USS Caron DD-970 NV
USS David R. Ray DD-971 EV
USS Oldenforf DD-972 SD
USS John Young DD-973 SD
USS Comte De Grasse DD-974 Decomissioned June 5, 1998
USS O'Brien DD-975 YJ
USS Merrill DD-976 Decomissioned September, 1998
USS Briscoe DD-977 NV
USS Stump DD-978 NV
USS Connolly DD-979 Decomissioned September, 1998
USS Moosbrugger DD-980 MF
USS John Hancock DD-981 MF
USS Nicholson DD-982 MF
USS John Rodgers DD-983 Decomissioned September, 1998
USS Leftwich DD-984 Decomissioned May 27, 1998
USS Cushing DD-985 PH
USS Harry W. Hill DD-986 Decomissioned May, 1998
USS O'Bannon DD-987 MF
USS Thorn DD-988 NV
USS Deyo DD-989 NV
USS Ingersoll DD-990 Decomissioned May 8, 1998
USS Fife DD-991 YJ
USS Fletcher DD-992 PH
USS Hayler DD-997 NV

Crew 30 officers, 332 enlisted
Armament 8 Harpoon, Tomahawk ASM/LAM, VLS, ASROC, six MK-46 torpedoes, two 5"/54 caliber lightweight guns, two 20mm CIWS
Date Deployed September 20, 1975 ( USS Spruance)
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