USS Spruance (DD-963) - Wikipedia
USS Spruance (DD-963) was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Spruance class of destroyers and was named after Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and launched by Mrs. Raymond A. Spruance. [1]
USS SPRUANCE (DD-963) Deployments & History - HullNumber.com
DD-963 General Specifications. Class: Spruance class destroyer. Named for: Raymond A. Spruance. Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted. Displacement: 8040 tons. Length: 529 feet . Beam: 55 feet . Flank Speed: 32 Knots. Range: 6 000 nautical miles . Final Disposition:Sunk as Target 8 December 2006
Spruance I (DD-963) - NHHC
Conceived principally for anti-submarine warfare, Spruance mounted advanced underwater detection and fire control systems, as well as provisions for silencing to make her what the Navy announced...
USS Spruance (DD 963) - Unofficial US Navy Site
The USS SPRUANCE deployed for a six-months period on May 26, 1993 to the Red Sea where is spent over three and a half months conducting visit, board and search operations in support of United Nations sanctions against Iraq.
Ship history - USS SPRUANCE
The departure of USS SPRUANCE was earlier than anticipated when Hurricane Eloise entered the Gulf and threatened to catch DD-963 at the pier. With driving rain and heavy seas, the crew set its first "Sea and Anchor" detail, cast off all lines and headed for open water.
Spruance-class destroyer - Wikipedia
The Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace the many World War II–built Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the United States Navy during the 1970s and 1980s.
USS Spruance (DD-963) - NHHC
On January 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, along with USS Virginia (CGN-38) and USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720), Spruance launched Tomahawk missiles at targets in northern Iraq and later joined...
Destroyer Photo Index DD-963 USS SPRUANCE - NavSource
USS Spruance (DD-963) underway in heavy seas from Hurricane Inez, during her shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, Autumn 1975. Photograph was received in November 1975. It was taken by PH1 Lonnie M. McKay.
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DD-963 SPRUANCE-class - Navy Ships - Federation of American …
The DD-963 Class has a very capable self defense system, with adequate low flyer detection source Mk 23 TAS/NSSMS FCR in sector search. It provides moderate field-of-fire blockage zones for NSSMS off port/starboard bow, and may be stationed in ID zone to supplement shotgun and provide additional air defense surveillance.
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