USS Harry W. Hill

USS Harry W. Hill
History
United States
NameHarry W. Hill
NamesakeHarry W. Hill
Ordered15 January 1975
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down1 April 1977
Launched10 August 1978
Acquired29 October 1979
Commissioned17 November 1979
Decommissioned29 May 1998
Stricken29 May 1998
Identification
MottoSpeed, Surprise, Success
FateSunk as target, 15 July 2004
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeSpruance-class destroyer
Displacement8,040 long tons (8,170 t) full load
Length
Beam55 ft (17 m)
Draft29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement19 officers, 315 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters

USS Harry W. Hill (DD-986), named for Admiral Harry W. Hill USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi.