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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance launching an interceptor missile during a live-fire exercise. The Spruance came under attack on Monday. US Navy photo by Ensign John ...
A US official told Business Insider on Friday that the Navy currently has five warships in the Red Sea: the destroyers USS Frank E. Petersen, USS Michael Murphy, USS Spruance, USS Stockdale, and ...
USS Spruance (DDG-111) is a United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. She is the 61st ship in her class. She is the 61st ship in her class. Spruance is the second ship to be named for Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), who commanded American naval forces at the Battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea .
An image shared on X claims to show the USS Harry S. Truman under attack. Verdict: False The image is from Reddit and shows a hypothetical hypersonic missile attack on an aircraft carrier. Fact ...
On the morning of September 27, 2024, while transiting the Red Sea with Arleigh Burke class destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG-106) and USS Spruance (DDG-111), she was attacked by roughly two dozen missiles and drones launched by Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. All missiles and drones were intercepted or missed their target outright.
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
Spruance entered her first major overhaul in 1980 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. During a brief shipyard period in 1983, she received the Phalanx CIWS and the TAS Mk 23 radar system. [citation needed] USS Spruance alongside USS Ticonderoga on 8 October 1983. Spruance steamed to the Arabian Sea in 1983 including a port visit to Mombasa, Kenya ...
A video shared on X claims to show the USS Abraham Lincoln on fire after a Houthi attack. Verdict: False The video is likely from 2020 and shows the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire in San Diego. Fact ...