USS Luce (DDG-38)
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| Laid down: | 1 October 1957 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1958 |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1961 |
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| Propulsion: | 4 1200psi boilers, 2 geared turbines |
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| Armament: | one Mk 42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 10 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for Standard (MR) Missiles, two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers |
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USS Luce (DDG-38), named for Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce USN (1827-1917), was a Coontz class guided missile destroyer leader laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy in Massachusetts on 1 October 1957, launched on 11 December 1958 by Mrs. Felix B. Stump and commissioned on 20 May 1961. USS Luce was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG-38.