USS Merrill (DD-976)

1978-1998

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Spruance class

DD · Destroyer

Call Sign:	NHKX
Shipyard:	Ingalls Shipbuilding

Timeline

Date	Event
Jan 26, 1972	Ordered
Jun 16, 1975	Laid down
Sep 1, 1976	Launched
Mar 11, 1978	Commissioned
Jan 24, 1985	Aircraft	📷 with SH-3H Sea King 148043 onboard
Mar 26, 1998	Decommissioned
2003	Fate: sunk	NE of Hawaii