Spruance - class Destroyer

 

as built

 

 

 

with Mk-141 HARPOON SSM launcher

 

 

 

with Mk-41 vertical launching system (VLS) instead of the Mk-16 ASROC launcher + Mk-15 CIWS

 

 

 

with Mk-143 armored box launchers for BGM-109 Tomahawk TLAM on both sides of the Mk-16 ASROC launcher

 

 

 

 

Ships:

unit

in service

fate

DD 963 USS Spruance

1975

decommissioned in 2005; sunk as a target 2006

DD 964 USS Paul F. Foster

1976

decommissioned;

DD 965 USS Kinkaid

1976

decommissioned;

DD 966 USS Hewitt

1976

decommissioned;

DD 967 USS Elliot

1977

decommissioned;

DD 968 USS Arthur W. Radford

1977

decommissioned;

DD 969 USS Peterson

1977

decommissioned;

DD 970 USS Caron

1977

decommissioned;

DD 971 USS David R. Ray

1977

decommissioned;

DD 972 USS Oldendorf

1978

decommissioned;

DD 973 USS John Young

1978

decommissioned;

DD 974 USS Compte de Grasse

1978

decommissioned;

DD 975 USS O’Brien

1977

decommissioned;

DD 976 USS Merrill

1978

decommissioned;

DD 977 USS Briscoe

1978

decommissioned;

DD 978 USS Stump

1978

decommissioned;

DD 979 USS Conolly

1978

decommissioned;

DD 980 USS Moosbrugger

1978

decommissioned;

DD 981 USS John Hancock

1978

decommissioned;

DD 982 USS Nicholson

1979

decommissioned;

DD 983 USS John Rodgers

1979

decommissioned;

DD 984 USS Leftwich

1979

decommissioned;

DD 985 USS Cushing

1979

decommissioned;

DD 986 USS Harry W. Hill

1979

decommissioned;

DD 987 USS O’Bannon

1979

decommissioned;

DD 988 USS Thorn

1980

decommissioned;

DD 989 USS Deyo

1980

decommissioned;

DD 990 USS Ingersoll

1980

decommissioned;

DD 991 USS Fife

1980

decommissioned;

DD 992 USS Fletcher

1980

decommissioned;

DD 997 USS Hayler

1983

decommissioned;

 

Specifications:

Displacement:

3,190-3,647 tons (light)
4,500 tons (full load)

Length:

437 feet (133,20 meters)

Beam:

47 feet (14,30 meters)

Draft:

20 feet (6,10 meters)

Speed:

31+ knots / max. (57+ kmh)

Propulsion:

4  1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared gas turbines;

2 shafts; 2 propellers; 70,000 shaft horsepower;

Aircraft:

None - VERTREP capable only

Armament:

1 - Mk-11 twin-arm missile launcher with 42 missiles (DDG 2-14) or
1 - Mk-13 single-arm missile launcher with 40 missiles (DDG 15-24)

     for
     RIM-24 Tartar SAM (earlier)

     RIM-66 Standard MR SAM (later)
     RGM-84 Harpoon SSM

 

1 - Mk-16 octuple launcher for RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets

 

2 - Mk-45 5”/54 caliber gun (127mm)


2 - Mk-32 triple-torpedo-tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes

Systems:

2 - AN/SPG-51 Fire Control Radar
1 - AN/SPS-10 Surface Search Radar
1 - AN/SPS-29 B,C Band Air Search Radar (DDG 2-14)
1 - AN/SPS-37 (2D) B,C Band Air Search Radar (DDG 2-14)
1 - AN/SPS-39 (3D) E,F Band Air Search Radar (DDG 15-24)
1 - AN/SPS-40 (2D) UHF Band Air Search Radar (DDG 15-24)
1 - Mk 4 or 13 weapon director
1 - Mk 68 gun fire control w/SPG-53A (DDG 2-18)
2 - Mk 74 missile fire control
1 - Mk 86 fire control w/SPG 60D & SPQ 9A (DDG 19-24)
1 - Mk 111 antisubmarine fire control (DDG 2-15)
1 - Mk 114 antisubmarine fire control (DDG 16-24)
1 - AN/SQQ-23 active/passive hull mounted Sonar (DDG 16-19)
1 - AN/SQS-23 active long range hull mounted Sonar (DDG 2-16)
1 - AN/SQS-24 bow mounted Sonar (DDG 20-24)
1 - AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
1 - AN/WLR-1 ESM/ECM [initially]
1 - AN/SLQ-32 ESM/ECM [later]

Complement:

approx. 330

 

Armament:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mk-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)

 

 

 

Mk-45  5”/54 caliber (127mm) gun

 

forward

 

uss spruance dd 963 destroyer mk-45 mod 2 gun 5" 54 caliber

aft gun and Mk-29 Sea Sparrow launcher

 

 

 

 

Mk-16 octuple launcher for RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets

 

Mk-141 HARPOON SSM launcher

 

 

Mk-32 triple-torpedo-tubes for Mk-46 torpedos

 

 

 

onboard and inboard details

 

 

 

Six Spruance class destroyers fitting out - Pascagoula, Mississippi - 1975

 

 

 

combat information center (CIC) - 1975

 

combat information center (CIC) - 1975

 

propulsion control center - 1975

 

pilothouse - 1975

 

 

 

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