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- Code Number:
- MYNV05P14_03
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Bow, Waves, USS Harry W Hill (DD-986), Spruance-class destroyer
- USS HARRY W HILL was the 24th SPRUANCE - class destroyer and the third ship of that class decommissioned. The destroyer was homeported in San Diego, California.
Namesake: Harry W Hill Motto: Speed, Surprise, Success Ordered: January 15, 1975 Keel Laid: January 3, 1977 Launched: August 10, 1978 Commissioned: November 17, 1979 Decommissioned: May 29, 1998 Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss. Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines Propellers: two Blades on each Propeller: five Length: 172 meters (564,3 feet) Beam: 16.8 meters (55,1 feet) Draft: 8.8 meters (28,9 feet) Displacement: appro. 9,200 tons full load Speed: 30+ knots Aircraft: two SH-60B Seahawk (LAMPS 3) Armament: two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two armored bo launchers for Tomahawk cruise missiles, Mk 46 torpedoes (two triple tube mounts), Harpoon missile launchers, one MK 29 Sea Sparrow launcher, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, one Mk 112 ASROC missile launcher Aircraft carried: 2 Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters Crew: appro. 340 Decommissioned: 29/05/1998 Struck: 29/05/1998 Fate: Sunk as target, 15/07/2004
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Spruance Class Destroyer (DD), Ship, ASW, USN, United States Navy, Hull, Vessel, Warship, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
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- Wernher Krutein
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