Name: Spruance classBuilders: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MississippiOperators: United States NavyPreceded by: Charles F. Adams classSucceeded by: Kidd classBuilt: 1972–1983In commission: 1975–2005Completed: 31Active: 1 (Paul F. Foster) as SDTSRetired: 30General characteristicsType: DestroyerDisplacement: 8,040 (long) tons full loadLength: 529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overallBeam: 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)Range:
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)Complement: 19 officers, 315 enlistedSensors andprocessing systems: AN/SPS-40 air search radarAN/SPG-60 fire control radarAN/SPS-55 surface search radarAN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radarMk 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radarAN/SPS-65 Missile fire control radarAN/SQS-53 bow mounted Active sonarAN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array Passive sonarNaval Tactical Data SystemElectronic warfare& decoys:
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare SystemAN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo CountermeasuresMark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching SystemAN/SLQ-49 Inflatable DecoysAN/WLR 1 in DD-971 & DD-975.Armament:
As built2 × 5-inch (127mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes)Later fitted2× quadruple Harpoon missile canisters2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns2 × quadruple ABL Mark 43 Tomahawk missile launchers (7 ships)1 x 61-cell Mark 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk/ASROC missiles in place of the 8-cell ASROC launcher (24 ships).1 × 21 cell Rolling Airframe Missile launcher in some ships.Aircraft carried: 2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.Aviation facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters