USS John Young information

	USS John Young in the Persian Gulf on 28 March 1998
History
United States
Name	John Young
Namesake	John Young
Ordered	26 January 1972
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	17 February 1975
Launched	6 January 1976
Acquired	1 May 1978
Commissioned	20 May 1978
Decommissioned	30 September 2002
Stricken	6 November 2002
Identification	Callsign: NJYG; ; Hull number: DD-973;
Motto	Prends La Mer Avec Courage; (Set Sail With Courage);
Fate	Sunk as target, 13 April 2004
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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); 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles; 1 × 21 round RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters

See also USS Young for similarly named ships.

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, Mississippi.

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History
USS John Young in the Persian Gulf on 28 March 1998
United States
Name	John Young
Namesake	John Young
Ordered	26 January 1972
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	17 February 1975
Launched	6 January 1976
Acquired	1 May 1978
Commissioned	20 May 1978
Decommissioned	30 September 2002
Stricken	6 November 2002
Identification	Callsign: NJYG Hull number: DD-973
Motto	Prends La Mer Avec Courage (Set Sail With Courage)
Fate	Sunk as target, 13 April 2004
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) 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles 1 × 21 round RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters