USS Briscoe (DD-977)
Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Briscoe.
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USS Briscoe on 21 March 2003 | |
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Name | Briscoe |
Namesake | Robert Pearce Briscoe |
Ordered | 26 January 1972 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 21 July 1975 |
Launched | 28 December 1976 |
Acquired | 8 May 1978 |
Commissioned | 3 June 1978 |
Decommissioned | 2 October 2003 |
Stricken | 6 April 2004 |
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Motto | Efficiency and Valor |
Fate | Sunk as target, 25 August 2005 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Spruance-class destroyer |
Displacement | 8,040 (long) tons full load |
Length | 529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall |
Beam | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
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Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
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USS Briscoe (DD-977), named after Admiral Robert Pearce Briscoe USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was laid down 21 July 1975, launched 28 December 1976 and commissioned 3 June 1978. The ship operated from Norfolk, Virginia during her entire 25-year career. When decommissioned, she was part of Destroyer Squadron 22.