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US Navy - Guided Missile Destroyer DDG 111 - USS Spruance |
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Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG; Arleigh Burke class, Flight IIA Builder: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA STATUS: Awarded: September 13, 2002 Laid down: May 14, 2009 Christening: June 5, 2010 Launched: June 6, 2010 Commissioned: October 1, 2011 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Base San Diego, California Namesake: Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance (1886-1969) Ships Motto: LAUNCH THE ATTACK Technical Data: see: INFO > Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG |
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 Pacific Ocean - February 2024  Pacific Ocean - February 2024  firing a Standard Missile SM-2MR - Pacific Ocean - January 2024  departing Naval Base San Diego in response to Tropical Storm Hilary - August 20, 2023  armament onload training at Naval Base San Diego, California - October 2022  returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - August 11, 2022  Pacific Ocean - August 2022  Pacific Ocean - August 2022  exercise RIMPAC 22 - Pacific Ocean - July 2022  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii for exercise RIMPAC - July 2022  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii for exercise RIMPAC - July 2022  arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2022  arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2022  Pacific Ocean - June 2022  Philippine Sea - June 2022  Philippine Sea - June 2022  Philippine Sea - June 2022  arriving at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - May 2022  arriving at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - May 2022  Philippine Sea - April 2022  Philippine Sea - March 2022  Philippine Sea - January 2022  launching a Standard Missile SM-2 - Pacific Ocean - July 2021  Pacific Ocean - December 2019  Los Angeles Fleet Week - August 2019  departing San Diego, California for Los Angeles Fleet Week - August 2019  Seattle Seafair, Washington - July 2019  Seattle Seafair, Washington - July 2019  departing Naval Station Everett, Washington for Seattle Seafair - July 2019  departing Naval Station Everett, Washington for Seattle Seafair - July 2019  returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - May 20, 2019  returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - May 20, 2019  Sulu Sea - April 2019  Indian Ocean - March 2019  5th Fleet AOR - January 2019  Arabian Sea - December 2018  Arabian Sea - December 2018  Arabian Sea - December 2018  Mk.32 torpedo tubes exercise - Philippine Sea - November 2018  Pacific Ocean - October 2018  Pacific Ocean - August 2018  Pacific Ocean - May 2018  Pacific Ocean - May 2018  Pacific Ocean - May 2018  Pacific Ocean - May 2018  returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - November 14, 2016  returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - November 14, 2016  returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - November 14, 2016  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - November 2016  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - November 2016  Pacific Ocean - October 2016  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - October 2016  departing Sasebo, Japan - August 2016  departing Sasebo, Japan - August 2016  July 2016  Changi Naval Base, Singapore - July 2016  Changi Naval Base, Singapore - July 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Guadalcanal - May 2016  Tonga - May 2016  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - April 2016  Pacific Ocean - April 2016  Pacific Ocean - April 2016  Pacific Ocean - April 2016  departing San Diego, California as part of Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) - April 19, 2016  departing San Diego, California as part of Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) - April 19, 2016  departing San Diego, California as part of Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) - April 19, 2016  departing San Diego, California as part of Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) - April 19, 2016  USS Spruance fires her Mk-45 Mod.4 5"/62 gun - November 2015  October 2015  San Pedro, Los Angeles, California - August 2014  exercise RIMPAC 14 - Pacific Ocean - July 2014  exercise RIMPAC 14 - Pacific Ocean - July 2014  exercise RIMPAC 14 - Pacific Ocean - July 2014  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii for exercise RIMPAC - July 2014  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii for exercise RIMPAC - July 2014  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii for exercise RIMPAC - July 2014  arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2014  arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2014  arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2014  returning to San Diego, California - April 17, 2014  returning to San Diego, California - April 17, 2014  returning to San Diego, California - April 17, 2014  departing Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - December 2013  arriving at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - November 2013  departing San Diego, California for her maiden deployment - October 16, 2013  departing San Diego, California for her maiden deployment - October 16, 2013  San Francisco Fleet Week - October 2012  San Francisco Fleet Week - October 2012  San Diego, California - February 2012  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, California - October 24, 2011  preparations for the commissioning ceremony - Key West, Florida - September 23, 2011  Key West, Florida - September 23, 2011  September 2011  construction at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Maine  construction at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Maine  construction at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Maine |
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USS Spruance (DDG 111): USS Spruance sailed from San Diego on her maiden deployment on 16 October 2013, heading for Asia under the command of Commander George Kessler who was succeeded by Commander Daniel Cobian. Sailors from USS Spruance rescued a Filipino mariner, 18 Jan. 2014 who had fallen overboard from his vessel while transiting the Singapore Strait. Spruance returned to Naval Base San Diego on 17 April 2014 following the completion of her maiden deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. On 18 April 2019, Spruance arrived in Sri Lanka for the 25th anniversary of CARAT 2019 series. USS Spruance and USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) departed the Port of Seattle August 2, 2019, officially ending Seattle Fleet Week. On 22 May 2022, Spruance steamed into Tokyo Bay as a part of Destroyer Squadron 2, along with USS Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3). Spruance participated in RIMPAC 2022. Deployments: 16 October 2013 - 17 April 2014 Maiden deployment 7th Fleet AOR May 2016 - 14 November 2016 7th Fleet AOR October 2018 - May 2019 7th Fleet and 5th Fleet AOR January 2022 - August 2022 7th Fleet AOR source: wikipedia + USN |
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Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 - December 13,
1969): Raymond Ames Spruance was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 3 July 1886, son of Alexander P. and Annie Ames (Hiss) Spruance. He attended high schools in East Orange, New Jersey, and Indianapolis, Indiana, and Stevens Preparatory School, Hoboken, New Jersey, before entering the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment from Indiana in 1903. Graduated on 12 September 1906, with the Class of 1907, he served the two years at sea, then required by law, and was commissioned Ensign on 13 September 1908. Advancing progressively in rank, he attained that of Admiral, to date from 4 February 1944. He was transferred to the Retired List of the US Navy in that rank on 1 July 1948. After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1906, he served on USS Iowa until July 1907, then joined USS Minnesota, in which he made the World Cruise of the Fleet. In April 1909, he reported for instruction in electrical engineering at the General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York. Again ordered to sea, he served from May 1910 until October 1911 on USS Connecticut, after which he was Senior Engineer Officer of USS Cincinnati. In March 1913, he assumed command of USS Bainbridge. He returned to the United States in May 1914 and was assigned as Assistant to the Inspector of Machinery at the Newport News (Virginia) Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. During the period February to June 1916, he assisted in fitting out USS Pennsylvania and served on board that battleship from her commissioning, 12 June 1916 until November 1917. The last year of World War I, he was assigned as Assistant Engineer Officer of the Navy Yard, New York, New York, with additional temporary duty in London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, in connection with fire control. In January 1919, he reported as Executive Officer of USS Agamemnon, employed in returning troops to the United States after the end of the war. Between April 1919 and June 1921, he successively fitted out and commanded USS Aaron Ward and USS Percival. He was assigned to the Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department, Washington, DC, to the Commander Naval Forces Europe. He then assumed command of USS Dale and later commanded USS Osborne. He attended the Senior Course at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, during the period July 1926 to May 1927, after which he had a tour of duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department. In October 1929, he reported as Executive Officer of USS Mississippi and in June 1931 returned to the Naval War College for duty on the Staff. He was Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Destroyers, Scouting Fleet from May 1933 until March 1935, then again served on the Staff of the Naval War College until April 1938, when he rejoined USS Mississippi this time to serve until January 1940 as Commanding Officer. In February 1940 he became the Commandant of the Tenth Naval District with headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in July 1941 was assigned additional duty as Commander Caribbean Sea Frontier. He assumed command on 17 September 1941, of Cruiser Division Five, and served as second in command during operations in the Marshall Islands and at Wake Island in February 1942; and in the same capacity during the Marcus Island operations the following months. He was Junior Task Force Commander during the Battle of Midway in June 1942, when his force assisted in inflicting on the Japanese Navy its first decisive defeat in three hundred and fifty years. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and cited as follows: “For exceptionally meritorious service… as Task Force Commander, United States Pacific Fleet. During the Midway engagement which resulted in the defeat of and heavy losses to the enemy fleet, his seamanship, endurance, and tenacity in handling his task force were of the highest quality.” He is also entitled to the Ribbon for and a facsimile of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded the USS Enterprise. In June 1942 he reported as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and in September of that year was designated Deputy Commander in Chief. In August 1943, he became Commander Central Pacific Force, which on 29 April 1944 was redesignated Commander Fifth Fleet. During these Pacific assignments, he was in overall command of the occupation of the Gilbert Islands, November 1943; the invasion of the Marshalls, January 1944; operations for the capture of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas, which included the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 - 20 June, 1944, and later for the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was awarded Gold Stars in lieu of the Second and Third Distinguished Service Medals. The citations follow in part according to dates of action: Gold Star in lieu of the Third Distinguished Service Medal: “For exceptionally meritorious service...as Chief of Staff and later as Deputy Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, while serving on the staff of Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, from June 18, 1942 to August 5, 1943…(He) exercised sound judgment, keen foresight and expert administrative ability in carrying out his many and varied duties, and… contributed materially to increasing the tempo of the war against Japan…” Gold Star in lieu of the Second Distinguished Service Medal: “…in a position of great responsibility as Commander Central Pacific Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during the seizure and occupation of the Gilbert Islands in November 1943. In command of naval forces and certain Army amphibious and air forces during the assaults on Tarawa, Makin and Apamama, Vice Admiral Spruance conducted this action with daring strategy brilliant employment of the units of this command. The expeditious completion of this vital operation under his forceful leadership assured success in opening the Central Pacific Area to the United States Forces.” He was also awarded the Navy Cross “for extraordinary heroism as Commander Fifth Fleet in action against enemy Japanese forces during the invasion and capture of Iwo Jim, Volcano Islands, and Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, from January to May 1945…” The citation further states in part: “Responsible for the operation of a vast and complicated organization which included more than 500,000 men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, 318 combatant vessels and 1139 auxiliary vessels, (he) directed the forces under his command with daring, courage and aggressiveness. Carrier units of his force penetrated waters of the Japanese Homeland and Nansei Shoto and inflicted severe damage upon hostile aircraft, shore installations and shipping…” Detached from command of the Fifth Fleet on 8 November 1945, following the capitulation of the Japanese in August of that year, he relieved Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas. He was relieved of that command on 1 February 1946 and ordered to duty as President of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. On 16 October 1946, the former Secretary of War, the Honorable Robert P. Patterson, presented the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Spruance, with citation as follows: “Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. Navy, as Task Force Commander during the capture of the Marshall and Marianas Islands , rendered exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services from January to June 1944. During the joint operations leading to the assault and capture of the important enemy bases, complete integration of Army and Navy units was accomplished under his outstanding leadership, enabling all the forces to perform their closely co-ordinated missions with outstanding success.” On 18 March 1948, Admiral Spruance was presented the Insignia and Chancery documents of the decoration of Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold with Palm and the Oorlogskruis (cross of war) with Palm, by the Belgian Ambassador for the Prince Regent of Belgium. He continued duty as President of the Naval War College until relieved of active duty pending his retirement on 1 July 1948. Shortly before his retirement, he received the following Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy: "Your brilliant record of achievement in World War II played a decisive part in our victory in the Pacific. At the crucial Battle of Midway your daring and skilled leadership routed the enemy in the full tide of his advance and established the pattern of air-sea warfare which was to lead to his eventual capitulation..." Admiral Spruance was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines by President Harry S. Truman in January 1952 and his resignation was accepted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 31 March 1955. In addition to the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal with two Gold Stars, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Commendation Ribbon and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, Admiral Spruance had the Victory Medal, Overseas Clasp (World War I); American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; and the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia Clasp. Besides the Belgian decorations, he had the Gold Cross of the Chevalier of the Order of the Savior from the Government of Greece, and the Honorary Companion of the Order of the Bath from Great Britain. Admiral Spruance died on 13 December 1969, at his home in Pebble Beach , California. |
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Raymond Ames Spruance as Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines 
 
  Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee - 1945  Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Ernest J. King and Raymond A. Spruance  Admirals Raymond A. Spruance, Ernest J. King and Chester W. Nimitz  Admirals Chester W. Nimitz and Raymond A. Spruance  Admirals Raymond A. Spruance and Chester W. Nimitz 
  
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