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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 23 September 1974 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1975 |
| Commissioned: | 19 November 1977 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 2002 |
| Fate: | |
| Struck: | 6 November 2002 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,040 tons full load. |
| Length: | 529 feet waterline; 563 feet overall. |
| Beam: | 55 feet. |
| Draught: | 29 feet. |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp (60 MW); 2 x shafts. |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles at 20 knots; 3,300 nautical miles at 30 knots (56 km/h). |
| Complement: | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 5 inch (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 x 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 x quadruple HarpoonA harpoon is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing to catch fish or other aquatic animals such as whales. See also: whaling More info on harpoons can be found here For the anti-ship missile, see AGM-84 Harpoon . missile canisters. |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60B SeahawkSikorsky SH-60B Seahawk The SH-60B is designed to operate as an integral fighting unit aboard specifically configured Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) class Guided Missile Frigates, Spruance (DDG-963) class Destroyers, Kidd (DDG-993), class Guided Missile Dest LAMPS III helicopters. |
| Motto: | Determined, Ready, Resourceful |
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| Spruance-class destroyer |
| Spruance | Paul F. Foster | Kinkaid | Hewitt | Elliot | Arthur W. Radford | Peterson | Caron | David R. Ray | Oldendorf | John Young | Comte de Grasse | O'Brien | Merrill | Briscoe | Stump | Conolly | Moosbrugger | John Hancock | Nicholson | John Rodgers | Leftwich | Cushing | Harry W. Hill | O'Bannon | Thorn | Deyo | Ingersoll | Fife | Fletcher | Hayler |
| Kidd (Modified Spruance)-class destroyer Kidd | Callaghan | Scott | Chandler |
| List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |