March 1982. Black Sea. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.

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

Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pasagoula, USA.
Launch date: 11 November 1977.
Commission date: 12 May 1979.
Decommission date: 20 December 2002.

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:  319 ( 26 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 127mm Mk45, 2 x 6 20mm GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS, 4 x 1 12,7mm.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 4 Harpoon; SAM: 1 x 8 NATO Sea Sparrow.
A/S weapons: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk16.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radar: Air: AN/SPS-40, Mk23 TAS; Surface: AN/SPS-55; Navigation: LN-66; Fire Control: AN/SPG-60, AN/SPQ-9.
Sonar: AN/SQS-53B.
Helicopter: 2 x SH-2F Sea Sprite LAMPS II.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1982