USS Leftwich (DD-984)
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| Laid down: | 12 November 1976 |
| Launched: | 8 April 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 25 August 1979 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 March 1998 |
| Fate: | Sunk in support of fleet training exercise, August 1, 2003 |
| Struck: | March 27, 1998 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9255 tons, full load |
| Length: | 563' |
| Beam: | 55' |
| Draught: | 32' maximum |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 80,000 shp (60 MW); 2 x shafts. |
| Speed: | 30+ knots official, 33 knots reported |
| Range: | 6000 nautical miles @ 20 knots |
| Complement: | 30 officers, 352 enlisted |
| Armament: | 61-cell Vertical Launching System
2 x MK141 quad launchers with 8 Harpoon missiles MK29 Launcher for AIM-7 Sparrow 2 x 5 inch (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 2 x MK 32 triple tube mounts with six Mark 46 torpedo 21-cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launcher |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
| Motto: | Superiority Through Teamwork |
USS Leftwich (DD-984) was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi. She was named for Lieutenant Colonel William G. Leftwich, Jr., USMC (1931–1970), who was killed in action at Quang Nam in the Republic of Vietnam on 18 November 1970.
External Links
- Unofficial USS Leftwich webpage (http://www.navysite.de/dd/dd984.htm)