For other ships with the same name, see USS De Grasse.
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USS Comte de Grasse in the Indian Ocean on 17 June 1987
History
United States
Name
Comte de Grasse
Namesake
François Joseph Paul de Grasse
Ordered
26 January 1972
Builder
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down
4 April 1975
Launched
26 March 1976
Acquired
17 July 1978
Commissioned
5 August 1978
Decommissioned
5 June 1998
Stricken
5 June 1998
Identification
Callsign: NCDG
Hull number: DD-974
Motto
Sans Précédent
(Without Precedent)
Fate
Sunk as target, 7 June 2006.
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Spruance-class destroyer
Displacement
8,040 (long) tons full load
Length
529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall
Beam
55 ft (16.8 m)
Draft
29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion
4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed
32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement
19 officers, 315 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems
AN/SPS-40 air search radar
AN/SPG-60 fire control radar
AN/SPS-55 surface search radar
AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar
AN/SPS-65 Missile fire control radar
AN/SQS-53 bow mounted Active sonar
AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array Passive sonar
Naval Tactical Data System
Electronic warfare & decoys
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System
AN/SLQ-49 Inflatable Decoys
Armament
2 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns
1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed)
1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher
2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters
2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes)
Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters
USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), named for Admiral Francois-Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse (1722–1788), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
She was laid down 4 April 1975, launched 26 March 1976 and commissioned 5 August 1978. She was christened 21 May 1976 by sponsor Madame Anne-Aymone Sauvage de Brantes, wife of the then-President of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.[1]
^"Madame Giscard Christens Ship". Wilmington Morning Star. Wilmington, DE. United Press International. 20 May 1976. p. 13.
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