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Builder:
Awarded:
Keel laid:
Launched:
Delivered:
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
Stricken from Naval Register: |
General Dynamics/Quincy Shipbuilding Div.
May 12, 1965
May 5, 1966
September 7, 1967
February 11, 1970
February 28, 1970
September 6, 1996
May 3, 1999 |
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Overall length:
Waterline length:
Extreme beam:
Waterline beam:
Max. navigational draft:
Draft limit:
Light displacement:
Full displacement:
Dead weight:
Hull material:
Number of propellers:
Power Plant/Propulsion:
Armament
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Speed:
Crew: |
643 feet
620 feet
85 feet
85 feet
29 feet
29 feet
14,362 tons
23,396 tons
9,034 tons
Steel hull and superstructure
One
Two boilers, steam turbines, single shaft
Two single
5"/38 gun mounts, Four 50 cal. machine guns
18.5 knots
87 Officers, 1,235 Enlisted |
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Present location: |
Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility,
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA |
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Status/Disposition: |
Stricken, to be disposed of by scrapping |
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Ship's Blueprints
Former crewmember Leon Jessie (SK2
1969-1970) has full size copies of the original drawings of the SPEAR that he
will bring to the next reunion, and has graciously provided a scanned version to
be posted here. Click the link below to view.
USS L. Y. SPEAR Blueprints
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