Hull Number: DD-970
Launch Date: 06/24/1975
Commissioned Date: 11/01/1977
Decommissioned Date: 10/15/2001
Call Sign: NOTC
Voice Call Sign: FIREMOSS
Class: SPRUANCE
SPRUANCE Class
Length Overall: 563’ 3"
Beam: 55’
Draft: 29'
Full Load Displacement: 8,040 tons
Armament:
Two 5″/54 caliber guns
Two 20mm Close-In Weapons Systems
One ASROC Launcher
Two 12.75″ triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes
Complement:
19 Officers
315 Enlisted
Propulsion:
4 General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbines: 80,000 horsepower
Highest speed on trials: 32.5 knots
Namesake: NOT YET AVAILABLE
NOT YET AVAILABLE
Disposition:
12/04/2002 Accidentally sunk as a test target off Puerto Rico.