Strength
Destroyer
Type
Surface Vessel
Year
1977 - 2000
Hull number DD-980
Namesake:
Frederick Moosbrugger
Ordered:
15 January 1974
Builder:
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down:
3 November 1975
Launched:
23 July 1977
Acquired:
November 27, 1978
Commissioned:
16 December 1978
Decommissioned:
15 December 2000
Struck:
April 25, 2006
Fate:
Scrapped in Brownsville, TX 2006
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 km/h)
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 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
AN/SPS-40 air search radar
AN/SPG-60 fire control radar
AN/SPS-55 surface search radar
AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
Mk 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar
AN/SPS-65 Missile fire control radar
AN/SQS-53 bow mounted Active sonar
AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed arrayPassive sonar
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
• AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
• AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
• Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System
• AN/SLQ-49 Inflatable Decoys
Armament:
2 x 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns
2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns
1 x 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed)
1 x 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher
2 x quadruple Harpoon missile canisters
2 x Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes )
1 x 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles
Aircraft carried:
2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
Motto:
More Than Required
ABBOTT, DONALD, CPO , (1993-2007)
Abel, Mike, PO2 , (1988-1992)
Abrams, Barry, PO1 , (1980-1997)
Ajao, Gracey, CPO , (1999-2013)
Alexander, Darrell, CPO , (1986-2009)
Alexander, Scott, PO3 , (1980-1984)
Allen, Gerald, PO1 , (1984-2006)
Alligood, Brian, PO2 , (1990-1996)
Alspaugh, Edward, PO2 , (1996-2005)
Andrews, Gregory, PO1 , (1991-2011)
Anyikam, Ikenna, PO2 , (1997-2003)
Arant, Kelley, PO3 , (1998-2001)
Archer, Dillon, PO2 , (1998-2007)
Averre, Shanna, PO2 , (1997-2004)
Bacon, Clayton, CPO , (1979-2000)
Ballard, John, SCPO , (1992-2017)
Ballenger, Jay, PO1 , (1986-2017)
Baptiste, Claude, PO2 , (1993-1999)
Barlow, Mark, PO1 , (1982-2003)
Barr, Richard, CWO3 , (1989-2007)
Barrett, Cory, PO2 , (1996-Present)
Bell, Geisha, PO3 , (1992-2000)
Benton, Damien, CPO , (1997-2017)
Bituin, Alfonso, CWO2 , (1991-2011)
Bjur, Daryle, PO1 , (1969-1990)
Blais, Robert, PO1 , (1988-Present)
Blankenship, George, CPO , (1979-1999)
Blumhoff, Erik, PO3 , (1988-1996)
Bolduc, Edward, CPO , (1981-2005)
Bone, John, PO2 , (1979-1988)
Bonifer, Alan, CPO , (1978-2005)
Bonney, Benjamin, PO2 , (1994-2004)
Bosanco, Jack, CPO , (1996-2016)
Boudreau, Kris, PO3 , (1991-1994)
Boudreau, Kris, PO3 , (1991-1994)
Branaman, Brad, PO3 , (1990-1994)
Bressette, Donald, MCPO , (1979-2002)
Brewer, Charles, PO1 , (1992-2008)
Brinkley, Tracey, PO2 , (1976-1982)
Britt, Jason, PO2 , (1992-2002)
Brock, Robert, PO1 , (1987-2007)
Broussard, George, PO2 , (1983-1988)
Brown, Randall, PO2 , (1997-2007)
Brown, Robert, PO3 , (1991-1994)
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Date
Dec 16, 1978
Title
General Characteristics: Awarded: January 15, 1974 Keel laid: November 3, 1975 Launched: July 23, 1976 Commissioned: December 16, 1978 Decommissioned: December 15, 2000 Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss. Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines Propellers: two Blades on each Propeller: five Length: 564,3 feet (172 meters) Beam: 55,1 feet (16.8 meters) Draft: 28,9 feet (8.8 meters) Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load Speed: 30+ knots Aircraft: two SH-60B Seahawk (LAMPS 3) Armament: two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, one Mk 41 VLS for Tomahawk, ASROC and Standard missiles, Mk 46 torpedoes (two triple tube mounts), Harpoon missile launchers, one Sea Sparrow launcher, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS Crew: approx. 340
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