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U.S.S. COMTE DE GRASSE
(DD-974)SANS PRECEDENT
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USS COMTE DE GRASSE (DD-974) - a Spruance-class destroyer
In Commission 1978 to 1998DD-974 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-974 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-974 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1975 | - | Keel Date: 4 APR 1975 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
MAR | 1976 | - | Launch Date: 26 MAR 1976 | ||
AUG | 1978 | - | Commissioned: 5 AUG 1978 | ||
OCT | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 OCT 1978 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
OCT | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 OCT 1978 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
SEP | 1979 | - | NOV | 1979 | North Atlantic |
JAN | 1983 | - | JUL | 1983 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
JAN | 1983 | - | JUL | 1983 | STANAVFORLANT |
MAY | 1985 | - | OCT | 1985 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUL | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 JUL 1985 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 JUL 1985 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 JUL 1985 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 JUL 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAY | 1992 | - | NOV | 1992 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1993 | - | MAY | 1996 | UNITAS |
JUN | 1998 | - | Decommissioned: 5 JUN 1998 |
DD-974 General Specifications
Class: Spruance-class destroyer
Named for: Admiral Francois-Joseph Paul
Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted
Displacement: 8040 tons
Length: 529 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Flank Speed: 32 Knots
Range: 6 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as a target on 7 June 2006