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Hull Number: DD-981

Launch Date: 10/29/1977

Commissioned Date: 03/01/1979

Decommissioned Date: 10/06/2000

Voice Call Sign: Statesman


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: JOHN HANCOCK

JOHN HANCOCK


Disposition:

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