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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 .
Six Spruance-class destroyers fitting out, c. May 1975. One additional ship, USS Hayler, was ordered on 29 September 1979. Hayler was originally planned as a DDH (Destroyer, Helicopter) design, which would carry more anti-submarine helicopters than the standard design of the Spruance class. Eventually this plan to build a DDH was scrapped and a ...
About 20 Flight IIA destroyers will undergo further modernization under the DDG MOD 2.0 program. [124] DDG MOD 2.0 will backfit SPY-6(V)4 and Aegis Baseline 10 to provide similar capabilities to Flight III ships, [N 7] as well as upgrade cooling systems to support the new radar. DDG MOD 2.0 will also deliver the AN/SLQ-32(V)7 EW suite, which ...
DDG 54 I Bath Iron Works 12 March 1991 16 May 1992 19 March 1994 San Diego, California Active Stout DDG 55 I Ingalls Shipbuilding 8 August 1991 16 October 1992 13 August 1994 Norfolk, Virginia Active John S. McCain DDG 56 I Bath Iron Works 3 September 1991 26 September 1992 2 July 1994 Everett, Washington Active Mitscher DDG 57 I Ingalls ...
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 ...
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Spruance, in honor of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969): USS Spruance (DD-963) was the lead ship of Spruance-class destroyers, launched in 1973 and struck in 2005; USS Spruance (DDG-111) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, launched in 2010 and commissioned in 2011
The new group flagship, John C. Stennis, changed its homeport to Bremerton in January 2005, and once there, underwent an 11-month overhaul. [38] Reflecting the reduced responsibilities while the ships were undergoing overhauls, Rear Admiral Clingan was succeeded by Captain Scott A. Berg in September 2005 as carrier strike group commander.
Michael Tate Westbrook is an officer in the United States Navy who served as commanding officer of the USS Spruance from May 2010 to May 2012. Prior to this, he served in the Pentagon on the Naval Operations Staff's Programming Division from fall 2007 through June 2009.