Spruance-Class Destroyers
We now
have color profiles for the
seven SPRUANCE-Class
destroyers with Tomahawk
TASM/TLAM (2 quad ABL Mk
143). This release is
represented by the USS JOHN
RODGERS (DD-983).
USS JOHN
RODGERS (DD-983),
SPRUANCE-Class destroyer.
Displacement: 5,916 light,
8,040 tons full load.
Dimensions: 529 waterline,
563’ over all x 55’ beam x
29’ max. draft. Machinery:
80,000 SHP, four gas
turbines (General Electric
LM 2500), two shafts/two
variable pitch propellers,
speed 32.5 knots, range 6000
nautical miles at 20 knots,
3,300 nautical miles at 30
knots. Armament: Guns - two
5-in./54 cal. single gun
mounts in MK 45 mounts, one
8-cell MK 29 NATO Sea
Sparrow launcher, one 8-cell
ASROC launcher, two Tomahawk
TASM/TLAM (2 quad ABL Mk
143, two 12.75-in. 3 tube Mk
-32 torpedo tubes for Mk 46
and MK 50 torpedoes, 20-mm
Phalanx CIWS, and two SH-60B
Seahawk LAMPS III
helicopters. Fire Control: 1
MK 86 GFCS Radar: SPS-40 air
search, SPQ-9A radar, SPG-60
radar, 1 Mk 91 missile FCS,
1 Mk 116 ASW/FCS, SQQ-89(V)1
ASW system. Sonar: SQS-53B
bow mounted except SQS-53C
in 6 ships, SQR-19 TACTAS
towed array. Electronic
Warfare: SLQ-32(V)2, SLQ-25A
(Nixie).
USS Comte
De Grasse DD-974
USS Merrill DD-976
USS Conolly DD-979
USS John Rodgers DD-983
USS Leftwich DD-984
USS Deyo DD-989
USS Ingersoll DD-990
