USS Elliot (DD-967)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Elliot.
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USS Elliot on 3 December 1985 | |
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Namesake | Arthur J. Elliot II |
Ordered | 1 January 1971 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 15 October 1973 |
Launched | 19 December 1974 |
Acquired | 1 December 1976 |
Commissioned | 22 January 1977 |
Decommissioned | 2 December 2003 |
Stricken | 6 April 2004 |
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Motto | Courage, Honor, Integrity |
Fate | Sunk as target, 25 June 2005 |
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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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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 Elliot (DD-967) was a Spruance-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, the ship was named for Lieutenant Commander Arthur J. Elliot II, USN (1933–1968), who as commanding officer of Patrol Boat River Squadron 57, was killed in action in the Republic of Vietnam on 29 December 1968.