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    • DD-963 USS Spruance

    US US Navy




    1975 to 2005    



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    Call Sign: NDQV
    Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding


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    History of US DD-963 USS Spruance

    1970-jun-23Ordered
    1972-nov-27Laid down
    1973-nov-10Launched
    1975-sep-20Commissioned
    1980Refitat the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
    1983RefitCIWS Phalanx
    1985RefitVLS, Towed Array and the SH-60 helicopter
    2005-mar-23Decommissioned
    2006-dec-8Fate: sunkas Target with air-launched Harpoons

    Specifications

    		    

        from Spruance class
    335crew
    8000full load (tn)
    161length (m)
    16.80beam (m)
    8.80draught (m)
    6000range (nm)
    32.50max speed (knots)
    4Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
    2Naval Engine propulsion system: COGOG
    2Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon
    1Missile Launcher Mk 29 8-cell Sea Sparrow
    2Naval Gun Mark 45 5/54 inch (127mm)
    1Torpedo Launchers Mk 16 8-cell ASROC
    2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm

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    Builder

    		    

    US Ingalls Shipbuilding,



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