USS John Young
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USS John Young (DD-973), named for Captain John Young, USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
- See also USS Young for similarly named ships.
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USS John Young in the Persian Gulf on 28 March 1998 | |
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Name | John Young |
Namesake | John Young |
Ordered | 26 January 1972 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 17 February 1975 |
Launched | 6 January 1976 |
Acquired | 1 May 1978 |
Commissioned | 20 May 1978 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 2002 |
Stricken | 6 November 2002 |
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Fate | Sunk as target, 13 April 2004 |
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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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