USS Spruance (DDG-111)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Spruance.

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]

  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference maiden was invoked but never defined (see the help page).