USS Ingersoll (DD-990)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Ingersoll.
USS Ingersoll (DD-990), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the second U.S. Navy ship to be named USS Ingersoll; in this case, in honor of Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll (1883–1976), who served as CINC, Atlantic Fleet during most of World War II.
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USS Ingersoll on 1 September 1982 | |
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Name | Ingersoll |
Namesake | Royal E. Ingersoll |
Ordered | 15 January 1975 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 5 December 1977 |
Launched | 10 March 1979 |
Acquired | 24 March 1980 |
Commissioned | 12 April 1980 |
Decommissioned | 24 July 1998 |
Stricken | 24 July 1998 |
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Fate | Sunk as target, 29 July 2003 |
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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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