About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: USS Glenard P. Lipscomb, USS Spruance, USS Tarawa, USS Parche, FV Alaska Ranger, MT Haven, Pisces V, MS Vana Tallinn, Pisces IV, USNS Pollux, MS C.T.M.A. Vacancier, USS Truett, Soviet frigate Storozhevoy, MV Jupiter, MV Volcan de Tacande, French frigate Tourville, MV LeConte, SS Denebola, SS Regulus, SS Bellatrix, SS Altair, MV Logos Hope, USS Valdez, USS L. Mendel Rivers, USS Moinester, Francis Garnier, RFA Black Rover, MV Caedmon, MV Cenred, List of ship launches in 1973, HMS Birmingham, MV Cenwulf, French frigate Duguay-Trouin, USNS Gyre, HMS Ambuscade, USS Washtucna, MV Nimpkish, USS Wathena, RFA Gold Rover, USS Wanamassa, PNS Tariq, Libyan frigate Dat Assawari, MS Albatros, HTMS Makut Rajakumarn, HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok, HMS Sovereign, RFA Orangeleaf, Chilean submarine Hyatt, Copernicus, MV Kowloon Bridge, SS Cape Flattery, INS Vela, HMCS Anticosti, SS Cape Farewell, BAP Islay, INS Vagli, USS Santaquin, USS Tontogany, USS Chetek, USS Canonchet, HDMS Agdlek, MV Baltic Enterprise. Excerpt: USS Spruance (DD-963) was the lead ship of the Spruance-class of destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and launched by Mrs. Raymond A. Spruance, Commander Raymond J. Harbrecht in command. Spruance served in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 24 and operating out of NS Mayport, Florida. She was decommissioned on 23 March 2005 and was sunk as a target on 8 December 2006. Spruance was the first of a highly successful class of anti-submarine warfare destroyers and the first gas turbine powered destroyer in the US Navy. Initially armed with an 8-cell NATO Sea Sparrow missile launcher for nominal air defense she received the VLS (Vertical Launch System) in the ...
