USS John Young (DD-973)

1978-2002

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Spruance class

DD · Destroyer

Call Sign:	NJYG
Shipyard:	Ingalls Shipbuilding

Spruance class

Timeline

Date	Event
Jan 26, 1972	Ordered
Feb 17, 1975	Laid down
Jan 6, 1976	Launched
May 20, 1978	Commissioned
Sep 30, 2002	Decommissioned
Nov 6, 2002	Struck
Apr 13, 2004	Fate: sunk