USS Spruance (DDG-111)

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

Career
Name:	Spruance
Namesake:	Raymond A. Spruance
Awarded:	13 September 2002[1]
Builder:	Bath Iron Works[1]
Laid down:	14 May 2009[2]
Christened:	5 June 2010
Launched:	6 June 2010
Commissioned:	1 October 2011
Status:	Active
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer[2]
Displacement:	9,200 tons[1]
Length:	510 ft (160 m) [1]
Beam:	66 ft (20 m) [1]
Draft:	33 ft (10 m) [1]
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed:	30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Range:	4,400 nmi at 20 knots (8,150 km at 37 km/h)
Complement:	260 officers and enlisted[1]
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
Armament:	1× 32 cell, 1× 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96× RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk, RIM-162 ESSM Quadpack, or RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles 1× 5 in (127 mm)/62, 2× 25 mm, 4× 12.7 mm guns 2× Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	2× SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

USS Spruance (DDG-111) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer currently in service with the United States Navy. She is the 61st ship in her class.

Overview

Spruance is the second United States Navy ship (the first being the USS Spruance (DD-963) 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.

Spruance's 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.^[3] The completed ship left Bath on 1 September 2011 for her commissioning in Key West, Florida before traveling to her home port of San Diego.^[4] The Spruance is the first of the US 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.^[5]

Commissioning

The USS Spruance (DDG-111) was commissioned on 1 October 2011 in Key West, Florida ^[6] with Commander Tate Westbrook in Command of the ship. ^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Spruance". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG111.htm. Retrieved 21 May 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Keel Laid for future USS Spruance". Navy News Service. 20 May 2009. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=45471. Retrieved 21 May 2009. 
3. ^ Sharp, David, (Associated Press), "BIW Destroyer Named For 'Quiet Warrior'", Maine Sunday Telegram, June 6, 2010.
4. ^ "USA: Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyer Starts Maiden Voyage". Shipbuilding Tribune. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/6291gi8wA. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
5. ^ Boeing Press Release, October 24, 2011
6. ^ Clark, Cammy, "Navy Destroyer Debuts In Key West", Miami Herald, 24 September 2011.
7. ^ http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg111/Pages/Bio1.aspx

External links

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

• Official Ship's Site
• Willshaw, Fred (2010). "USS Spruance (DDG-111)". Destroyer Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01111.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-26.