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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 23 July 1973 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 25 September 1976 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 July 2001 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking, Incorporated, of Brownsville in Texas on 9 August 2001. |
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| 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 (60 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) 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 NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO , sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance is an international organization for defense collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed 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. |
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USS Hewitt, named for Admiral H. Kent HewittHenry Kent Hewitt ( 1887- 1972) graduated from the U. Naval Academy. Hewitt then served on USS Missouri in the Great White Fleet's circumnavigation of the globe from 1907- 1909. He later taught mathematics at the Naval Academy before commanding the yacht USN ( 18871887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). Events January 20 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. January 21 The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed January 26 Battle of Dogali: A- 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un), was a Spruance-class destroyerThe Spruance class destroyer developed as replacements for the large number of World War II built Allen M. Sumner and Gearing class destroyers, was the primary destroyer built for the US Navy during the 1970s. The class was originally designed for antisub built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi and launched on by Mrs. Leroy Hewitt Taylor and Mrs. Gerald Hewitt Norton, daughters of Admiral Hewitt.
Hewitt participated in Operation Desert Storm and launched two Tomahawk missiles against Iraq on 4 September 1991. She was decommissioned in 2001.
| 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 |