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- Code Number:
- MYNV05P12_13
- Title:
- USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), Spruance-class Destroyer
- Ordered: 01/06/1970
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 06/02/1973
Launched: 22/02/1974
Sponsored by: Mrs. Isabelle L. Foster, widow of namesake
Acquired: 01/02/1976
Commissioned: 21/02/1976
Decommissioned: 27/03/2003
Reclassified: 16/03/2005 as EDD-964
Struck: 06/04/2004
Motto: Honor, Valor, Service
Status: Assigned to NSWC Port Hueneme as SDTS ship, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Self Defense Test Ship
Class: Spruance-class destroyer
Displacement: 8,040 (long) tons full load
Length: 161 meters (529 feet) waterline; 172 meters (563 feet) overall
Beam: 16.8 meters (55 feet)
Draft: 8.8 meters (29 feet)
Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2x shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Range: 6,100 kilometers (3,300 nautical miles; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 19 officers, 315 enlisted
Aircraft carried: 2x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. - Keywords:
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- Wernher Krutein
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