Uss John Young (Dd-973)

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rdered:
aid down: 17 February 1975
aunched: 6 January 1976
ommissioned: 20 May 1978
ecommissioned: 6 November 2002
ate: Sunk as a target on 13 April 2004
truck: 6 November 2002
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isplacement: 8,040 tons full load.
ength: 529 feet (161 m) waterline; 563 feet (172 m) overall.
eam: 55 feet (16.8 m)
raught: 29 feet (8.8 m)
ropulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp (60 MW); 2 x shafts.
peed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
ange: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h); 3,300 nautical miles (6,000 km/h) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
omplement: 19 officers, 315 enlisted
rmament: 2 x 5 inch (127 mm) 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.
ircraft: 2 x SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
otto:
USS John Young (DD-973), named for Captain John Young USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi. Two computer games, U.S.S. John Young 1 and 2, published for the Commodore 64 in 1990 and 1992, were simulations of combat featuring the John Young. Sunk on 13 April 2004 as part of Sinkex 2004 by a Mk-48 torpedo from USS Pasadena (SSN 752).

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