USS Merrill (DD-976)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 16 June 1975 |
| Launched: | 1 September 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 11 March 1978 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 March 1998 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target NE of Hawaii in 2003 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,040 tons full load. |
| Length: | 529 feet waterline; 563 feet overall. |
| Beam: | 55 feet. |
| Draught: | 29 feet. |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp; 2 x shafts. |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles at 20 knots; 3,300 nautical miles at 30 knots. |
| Complement: | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 5-inch 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 x 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 x quadruple Harpoon missile canisters. |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
| Motto: | Spirit of 76. |
USS Merrill (DD-976), named for Rear Admiral Anson Stanton Merrill USN (1890-1961), was a Spruance class destroyer laid down by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi.
Merrill has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
External Links
- USS Merrill webpage (http://www.navysite.de/dd/dd976.htm)