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USS Spruance (DD-963)
In the 1970’s, USS Spruance (DD-963) was the lead ship of the United States Navy's Spruance class of destroyers and was named after Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. The ship was the first of a highly-successful class of anti-submarine warfare and anti-ship destroyers, and was the first destroyer powered by gas turbines in the U.S. Navy. The USS Spruance hull supported three classes of ships DD 963, DDG 993 and CG 47.