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| USS SPRUANCE DD-963 "QUIET WARRIOR" |
| CLASS: SPRUANCE(FIRST OF CLASS) TYPE: STRIKE DESTROYER PRIMARY MISSION: ASW/STRIKE LENGTH: 563FT BEAM: 55FT WEAPONS: 2-5IN GUNS, 61-VERTICLE LAUNCHED MISSILES, 8 HARPOON MISSILES, 8 SEASPARROW MISSILES, 2 CIWS GUNS. NOTE: THIS WAS MY FIRST SHIP. I SERVED ABOARD HER FROM JAN-94 TO AUG-97. SHE IS HOMEPORTED IN MAYPORT FLORIDA. SPRUANCE IS NAME AFTER ADMIRAL RAYMOND AMES SPRUANCE, THE HERO OF THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. SHE WAS COMMISIONED IN 1975 AND HAS OUTLASTED MANY OF THE NEWER SHIPS FROM THE SAME CLASS, MAKING HER THE OLDEST "COMBATANT" IN THE FLEET. |