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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