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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 17 February 1975 |
| Launched: | 6 January 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1978 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 November 2002 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target on 13 April 2004 |
| Struck: | 6 November 2002 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,040 tons full load. |
| Length: | 529 feet (161 m) waterline; 563 feet (172 m) overall. |
| Beam: | 55 feet (16.8 m) |
| Draught: | 29 feet (8.8 m) |
| 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 (37 km/h); 3,300 nautical miles (6,000 km/h) 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. |
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USS John Young (DD-973), named for Captain John YoungJohn Young (ca. 1740- 1781) was a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, commander of the Saratoga which was lost at sea. He began his seafaring career at an early age in the colonial merchant marine and, at the start of th USN, was a Spruance-classThe 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 destroyerThis article treats on the type of ship. For other things called destroyer , see Destroyer (disambiguation). USS Lassen (DDG-82), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship inte of the United States NavyThe United States Navy USN is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready re.
The ship was built by the Ingalls ShipbuildingIngalls Shipbuilding was a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. It was a leading producer of ships for the US Navy, and at 10,900 employees, the largest private empl Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi.
Two computer games, U.S.S. John Young 1 and 2, published for the Commodore 64 in 1990 and 1992, were simulations of combat featuring the John Young.
Sunk on 13 April 2004 as part of Sinkex 2004 by a Mk-48 torpedo from USS Pasadena (SSN 752) .
| 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 |