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     963 Spruance      

Photo byJanuary 1977. The Black Sea. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.

Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Spruance, [DD].

Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pasagoula, USA.
Launch date: 10 November 1973.
Commission date: 20 September 1975.
Decommission date: 23 March 2005.

Displacement ( tons ): 8000 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 171 x 17,5 x 8,8.
Main machinery: 4 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 80000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Range ( miles ): 6000 at 20 knots.
Complement: 296 ( 24 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 1 127mm Mk45.
A/S weapons: 1 x 8 ASROC.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radars: Air: AN/SPS-40; Fire Control: AN/SPG-60, AN/SPQ-9.
Sonars: AN/SQS-53B.
Helicopters: 2 x SH-2F Sea Sprite LAMPS II.

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