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DD-963 (SPRUANCE) multi-mission destroyer |
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| designer- builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| ship's missions | Anti-submarine warfare, bombardment of shore positions, escort to military and merchant ship convoys, amphibious assault support, surveillance and trailing of hostile ships, blockade, search and rescue at sea. |
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Keel Laid Christened commissioned |
November 27, 1972 November 10, 1973 September 20, 1975 |
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characteristics AT commissioning |
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| Length | 563ft. 4in. | Propulsion | 4 LM 2500 gas turbine engines. | |
| Beam | 55ft. | 2 controllable pitch propellers | ||
| Draft | 29ft. | Armament | 2-5 inch 54 caliber guns | |
| speed | In excess of 30 knots | 1 Mk 112 ASROC (8 tube) launcher | ||
| Displacement | approximately 7800 tons (fully loaded) | 2-Mk 32 triple barrel torpedo mounts for Mk 46 torpedoes. | ||
| Aircraft | Helicopters. 2SH-2, or 1 SH-3 | Sensors | SPQ-9 fire control SPG-60 fire control SPS-55 surface search |
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| Crew | approximately | 250 total 18 officers 232 enlisted men |
SPS-40E air search SQS-53B long range sonar URN-25 TACAN Mk 95 NATO Sea Sparrow fire control directors. |
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Modifications |
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| Weapon Systems | Mk 29 Sea Sparrow (1976) Vertical Launch System |
| Sensors | SQR-19 Tactical towed sonar array (1976) Mk 23 TAS SLQ-32 (V) EW sensors. |
| Self-defense | Mk 137 Launchers for Mk 36 SRBOC (1976) Vulcan-Phalanx CIWS 4 0.50 Caliber machine guns 2 20-mm cannon. |