![]() Spruance entered her first major overhaul in 1980 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Upon "breaking" (unfurling) the flag on the halyards, they would play the theme song from the 1976 film Rocky as they increased speed and sailed ahead of the logistics vessel. fleet, had an underway replenishment breakaway flag (flown while pulling away from receiving supplies and fuel from a logistics ship at sea) that was a replication of the large yellow warning seen on the side of aircraft carriers, with red block letters saying "BEWARE JET BLAST" on a large yellow background. Spruance, being the first gas-turbine powered ship in the U.S. Spruance suffered a malfunction in one of her LM2500 Gas Turbine Main Engines and had to replace the engine while deployed. During this deployment, Spruance made a transit into the Black Sea to conduct surveillance on the new Soviet helicopter carrier, Moskva, as she steamed from her building shipyard to the Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet. The other warships in this task force included USS Biddle, USS Conyngham, USS Milwaukee, and USS Mount Baker. Spruance 's first operational deployment was in October 1979 to the Mediterranean Sea, as a member of the USS Saratoga Carrier Battle Group. Also added to Spruance after several years of service was an eight-cell launcher for Harpoon antiship missiles. This replaced the original Mark 16 ASROC launcher. ![]() Spruance received one Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) during the late 1980s. At first she was armed with two 5-inch naval guns, an ASROC missile launcher, and an eight-cell NATO Sea Sparrow missile launcher. Spruance was the first of a highly-successful class of anti-submarine warfare and anti-ship destroyers, and was the first destroyer powered by gas turbines in the U.S. Eventually, Litton's bid won the competition. Of the $30 million assigned, $28.5 million has been provided to three contractors. ( May 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īath Iron Works, General Dynamics and Litton Industries submitted proposals for production of DD-963 on 3 April 1969. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Spruance was decommissioned on 23 March 2005 and then was sunk as a target on 8 December 2006. Atlantic Fleet, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 24 and operating out of Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Spruance was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and launched by Mrs. USS Spruance (DD-963) was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Spruance class of destroyers and was named after Admiral Raymond A. 1 x 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missilesĢ x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.2 x Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes ( Mk 46 torpedoes).2 x quadruple Harpoon missile canisters.1 x 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher.2 x 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns.AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures.AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array Passive sonar.Mk 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar.
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