USS Spruance in September 2011
History
United States
NameSpruance
NamesakeRaymond A. Spruance
Awarded13 September 2002[1]
BuilderBath Iron Works[1]
Laid down14 May 2009[2]
Launched6 June 2010
Christened5 June 2010
Commissioned1 October 2011
HomeportSan Diego
Identification
Honors and
awards		See Awards
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer[2]
Displacement9,200 tons[1]
Length510 ft (160 m)[1]
Beam66 ft (20 m)[1]
Draft33 ft (10 m)[1]
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speedover 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement260 officers and enlisted[1]
Electronic warfare
& decoys		AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Spruance (DDG-111) is a United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. She is the 61st ship in her class. Spruance is the second ship to be named for Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), who commanded American naval forces at the Battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea. He was later Ambassador to the Philippines. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 2009.[2] She was christened by the admiral's granddaughter, Ellen Spruance Holscher, on 5 June 2010 in Bath, Maine at Bath Iron Works, where the ship was built at a cost of $1 billion.[3][4] The completed ship left Bath on 1 September 2011 for her commissioning in Key West, Florida on 1 October 2011.[5][6]

Spruance was the first of the U.S. Navy's destroyers to be fitted with the Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS), manufactured by the Boeing Company. GEDMS provides an Internet Protocol (IP) based backbone for video and data services on the ship.[7] The bridge features touch screen controls and color readouts instead of gauges.[8]

Ship history

She was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. At her christening on 5 June 2010, the principal address was delivered by Honorable John Baldacci of Maine, and the vessel was christened by Ellen Spruance Holscher as the ship's sponsor. Commander Tate Westbrook was the ship's first commanding officer.

She sailed from San Diego on her maiden deployment on 16 October 2013, heading for Asia under the command of Commander George Kessler who was succeeded by Commander Daniel Cobian[8] Sailors from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Spruance rescued a Filipino mariner, 18 Jan. 2014 who had fallen overboard from his vessel while transiting the Singapore Strait.[9] Spruance returned to Naval Base San Diego on 17 April 2014 following the completion of her maiden deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean.[10]

On 18 April 2019, Spruance arrived in Sri Lanka for the 25th anniversary of CARAT 2019 series[11]

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG-111) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) departed the Port of Seattle 2 Aug. 2019, officially ending Seattle Fleet Week.[12]

On 22 May 2022, Spruance steamed into Tokyo Bay as a part of Destroyer Squadron 2, along with USS Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group 3.[13]

Spruance participated in RIMPAC 2022.[14]

Deployments

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Spruance". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Keel Laid for future USS Spruance". Navy News Service. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  3. ^ Sharp, David (6 June 2010). "BIW Destroyer Named For 'Quiet Warrior'". Maine Sunday Telegram. Associated Press.
  4. ^ Hoey, Dennis (2 September 2011). "Destroyer leaves discord behind". Maine Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  5. ^ "USA: Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyer Starts Maiden Voyage". Shipbuilding Tribune. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  6. ^ Clark, Cammy (24 September 2011). "Navy Destroyer Debuts In Key West". Miami Herald.
  7. ^ "Boeing Deploys Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System on USS Spruance" (Press release). Boeing. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  8. ^ a b Steele, Jeanette (16 October 2013). "SD destroyer takes maiden deployment". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  9. ^ "USS Spruance Rescues Mariner". www.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014.
  10. ^ "USS Cowpens, USS Spruance Return from Deployment". US Navy. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Spruance arrives in Sri Lanka for the 25th anniversary of CARAT 2019 series".
  12. ^ "Navy.mil - Local Story Archive". navy.mil. Retrieved 31 March 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  13. ^ "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022". usni.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  14. ^ "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker". news.usni.org. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  15. ^ "USS Spruance changes command in San Diego". Naval Today. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  16. ^ "USS Spruance, USS Stockdale Return from Deployment". 20 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  17. ^ "A Peek behind the Curtain: USS Spruance (DDG 111) Tomahawk Strike Team".

External links

Media related to USS Spruance (DDG-111) at Wikimedia Commons

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