USS Spruance (DDG-111)#List of commanding officers
{{Short description|United States Navy guided missile destroyer}}
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| Ship honors = See Awards | Ship homeport = San Diego | Ship fate = | Ship status = {{ship in active service}} | Ship notes = | Ship badge = 150px }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} | Ship displacement = 9,200 tons | Ship length = {{convert|510|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|66|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, {{convert|100000|shp|MW|abbr=on}} | Ship speed = over {{convert|30|kn}} | Ship range = {{convert|4400|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}} | Ship complement = 260 officers and enlisted | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System | Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament (ODIN)}} | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}} | Ship notes = }} |
USS Spruance (DDG-111) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Spruance is the second ship to be named for Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), who commanded American naval forces at the Battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea. He was later Ambassador to the Philippines. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 2009. She was christened by the admiral's granddaughter, Ellen Spruance Holscher, on 5 June 2010 in Bath, Maine at Bath Iron Works, where the ship was built at a cost of $1 billion.{{cite news |last=Sharp |first=David |agency=Associated Press |title=BIW Destroyer Named For 'Quiet Warrior' |work=Maine Sunday Telegram |date=6 June 2010}}{{cite news|last=Hoey|first=Dennis|title=Destroyer leaves discord behind|url=http://www.pressherald.com/news/destroyer-leaves-discord-behind_2011-09-02.html|access-date=16 September 2012|newspaper=Maine Sunday Telegraph|date=2 September 2011}} The completed ship left Bath on 1 September 2011 for her commissioning in Key West, Florida on 1 October 2011.{{cite web|title=USA: Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyer Starts Maiden Voyage|url=http://shipbuildingtribune.com/2011/09/02/usa-arleigh-burke-class-guided-missile-destroyer-starts-maiden-voyage/|publisher=Shipbuilding Tribune|access-date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331191318/http://shipbuildingtribune.com/2011/09/02/usa-arleigh-burke-class-guided-missile-destroyer-starts-maiden-voyage/|archive-date=31 March 2012|date=2 September 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Cammy |title=Navy Destroyer Debuts In Key West |work=Miami Herald |date=24 September 2011}}
Spruance was the first of the U.S. Navy's destroyers to be fitted with the Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS), manufactured by the Boeing Company. GEDMS provides an Internet Protocol (IP) based backbone for video and data services on the ship.{{cite press release |url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1983 |title=Boeing Deploys Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System on USS Spruance |publisher=Boeing |date=24 October 2011 |access-date=2 October 2015}} The bridge features touch screen controls and color readouts instead of gauges.
Ship history
She was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. At her christening on 5 June 2010, the principal address was delivered by Honorable John Baldacci of Maine, and the vessel was christened by Ellen Spruance Holscher as the ship's sponsor. Commander Tate Westbrook was the ship's first commanding officer.
She sailed from San Diego on her maiden deployment on 16 October 2013, heading for Asia under the command of Commander George Kessler who was succeeded by Commander Daniel Cobian.{{cite news|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/16/spruance-maiden-deployment/|title=SD destroyer takes maiden deployment|last=Steele|first=Jeanette|date=16 October 2013|work=San Diego Union Tribune|access-date=30 October 2013}}
On 18 January 2014, sailors from the Spruance rescued a Filipino mariner who had fallen overboard from his vessel while transiting the Singapore Strait.{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=78692 |title=USS Spruance Rescues Mariner |website=www.navy.mil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213041943/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=78692 |archive-date=2014-02-13}}
Spruance returned to Naval Base San Diego on 17 April 2014 following the completion of her maiden deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80431 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140418023857/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80431 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2014 |title=USS Cowpens, USS Spruance Return from Deployment |publisher=US Navy |date=17 April 2014 |access-date=2 October 2015}}
On 18 April 2019, Spruance arrived in Sri Lanka for the 25th anniversary of CARAT 2019 series{{cite web |url=https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg111/Pages/Spruance-arrives-in-Sri-Lanka-for-the-25th-anniversary-of-CARAT-2019-series.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419041941/https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg111/Pages/Spruance-arrives-in-Sri-Lanka-for-the-25th-anniversary-of-CARAT-2019-series.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2020 |title=Spruance arrives in Sri Lanka for the 25th anniversary of CARAT 2019 series }}
Spruance and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) departed the Port of Seattle 2 Aug. 2019, officially ending Seattle Fleet Week.{{cite web |title=Navy.mil - Local Story Archive |url=https://www.navy.mil/local/listStoryArc.asp?id=1047 |website=navy.mil |access-date=31 March 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{PD-notice}}
On 22 May 2022, Spruance steamed into Tokyo Bay as a part of Destroyer Squadron 2, along with {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}} and Carrier Strike Group 3.{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2022/05/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-may-23-2022|title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022|publisher=usni.org|date=23 May 2022|access-date=2 June 2022}}
Spruance participated in RIMPAC 2022.{{cite news |title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker |url=https://news.usni.org/2022/08/01/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-1-2022 |access-date=9 August 2022 |publisher=news.usni.org |date=1 August 2022}}
In January 2024, the US Navy reinstalled ODIN Laser on Spruance. ODIN, a solid-state laser system, is designed primarily to counter and neutralize the sensors on UAS, effectively blinding them without destroying the aircraft. Technical aspects of the ODIN system include its ability to emit a high-intensity laser beam, targeting the optical sensors of enemy drones.{{cite web | title=US Navy quietly reinstalls ODIN Laser on destroyer USS Spruance | website=Navy Recognition | date=29 February 2024 | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2024/february/14051-us-navy-quietly-reinstalls-odin-laser-on-destroyer-uss-spruance.html | access-date=29 February 2024}}
Spruance arrived at the Port of Colombo, situated in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19 August 2024 on a replenishment visit. The vessel is scheduled to depart the island on 20 August 2024.{{cite web|url=https://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2024/08/19/202408191300/ |title=USS Spruance arrives in Colombo |publisher=Sri Lanka Navy |last= |first= |date=19 August 2024 |access-date=19 August 2024 |archive-date=19 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819125715/https://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2024/08/19/202408191300/ |url-status=live}}
On the morning of 27 September 2024, while transiting the Red Sea with the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Stockdale and Freedom class littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis, she was attacked by roughly two dozen missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. All missiles and drones were intercepted by the flotilla or missed their target outright.{{cite news |last1=Land |first1=Olivia |title=Navy intercepts Houthi barrage of missiles, drones launched at three US warships in the Red Sea |url=https://nypost.com/2024/09/27/us-news/navy-intercepts-houthi-barrage-of-missiles-drones-launched-at-three-us-warships-in-the-red-sea/ |access-date=28 September 2024 |publisher=New York Post |date=27 September 2024}}
On 11 November 2024, the Houthis again attacked the Spruance and Stockdale, launching eight drones, five ballistic missiles and three cruise missiles at the American destroyers. All of the projectiles were shot down by the destroyers with no damage or casualties to the vessels.{{Cite web |title=Houthis attack US warships after US strikes in Yemen |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1knpnlp1leo |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}
On 22 March 2025, Spruance helped the Coast Guard and agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, take 13 people into custody as part of the ship’s mission to bolster security on the southern border, according to U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-destroyer-helps-apprehend-13-people-for-border-security-mission/ar-AA1C0PQl
=Deployments=
- 16 October 2013 – 17 April 2014 Maiden deployment 7th Fleet
- May 2016 – 14 November 2016 7th Fleet{{cite news |author= |date= 30 December 2016 |title= USS Spruance changes command in San Diego |work= Naval Today |url= https://www.navaltoday.com/2016/12/30/uss-spruance-changes-command-in-san-diego/ |access-date= 23 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190725230545/https://www.navaltoday.com/2016/12/30/uss-spruance-changes-command-in-san-diego/ |archive-date= 25 July 2019 |url-status= live}}
- October 2018 – May 2019 7th Fleet and 5th Fleet {{cite news |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/323177/uss-spruance-uss-stockdale-return-deployment |title= USS Spruance, USS Stockdale Return from Deployment |date= 20 May 2019 |access-date= 9 June 2021 }}
- January 2022 – August 2022 7th Fleet
- July 2024 – February 2025
Awards
- Combat Action Ribbon - (Sep-Nov 2024)[https://www.c3f.navy.mil/News/Article/4014633/uss-spruance-returns-home-after-five-month-deployment-to-5th-and-7th-fleet/ navy.mil]
- Battle "E" - (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023)
- Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation Ribbon with Operational Distinguishing Device - (2017) [https://www.dvidshub.net/news/237762/uss-spruance-and-hsm-49-receive-coast-guard-meritorious-team-commendation]
- Vice Admiral Thomas H. Copeman III Material Readiness Award - (2016)
- Safety Excellence Award - (2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020)
- CNO Afloat Safety Award (PACFLT) - (2020)
- Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group's (ABECSG) deployment tomahawk strike warfare Award for Thor's Hammer 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/3124770/a-peek-behind-the-curtain-uss-spruance-ddg-111-tomahawk-strike-team/ | title=A Peek behind the Curtain: USS Spruance (DDG 111) Tomahawk Strike Team }}
References
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External links
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- [https://archive.today/20121212220047/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg111 Official Ship's Site]
- {{cite web | url= http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01111.htm | title= USS Spruance (DDG-111)
|first= Fred |last= Willshaw |year= 2010 | work= Destroyer Photo Archive | publisher= NavSource Naval History
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