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USS Moosbrugger
History
United States
Name
Moosbrugger
Namesake
Frederick Moosbrugger
Ordered
15 January 1974
Builder
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down
3 November 1975
Launched
23 July 1977
Acquired
27 November 1978
Commissioned
16 December 1978
Decommissioned
15 December 2000
Stricken
25 April 2006
Identification
Callsign: NCWA
Hull number: DD-980
Motto
More Than Required
Nickname(s)
The Moose
Fate
Scrapped, 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 Moosbrugger (DD-980) was a Spruance-class destroyer built for the United States Navy by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Affectionately nicknamed the "Moose" by her crews, she was named in honor of Vice Admiral Frederick Moosbrugger who is best known for his service in World War II as a highly successful commander of destroyer squadrons.
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against Iraq. USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 USS Mississippi CGN-40 USS Thomas S. Gates CG-51 USS San Jacinto CG-56 USSMoosbrugger DD-980 USS Samuel B. Roberts...
wounded. In response, the U.S. warships USS Bowen, USS Pharris, USS Virginia, USS John Rodgers, USSMoosbrugger and USS Arthur W. Radford shelled Amal and...
Mark 46 torpedo A Mk 46 exercise torpedo launched from USSMoosbrugger. Type Lightweight anti-submarine torpedo Place of origin United States Service...
the USS Independence CV-62 task force including the USS Richmond K. Turner CG-20, USS Coontz DDG-40, USS Caron DD-970, USSMoosbrugger DD-980, USS Clifton...
operations: USS Kidd, USS Aquila, USS Aubrey Fitch, USS Briscoe, USS Nicholson, USS Portsmouth, USS Recovery, USS Saipan, USS Sampson, USS Samuel Eliot...
Destroyers Spruance class (USS Spruance, USS Paul F. Foster, USS Caron, USS Oldendorf, USSMoosbrugger, USS Leftwich, USS Harry W. Hill, USS Fife) Guided missile...
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Oldendorf, USSMoosbrugger, USS Leftwich, USS Harry W. Will, USS Fife) Farragut class (USS Macdonough, USS Coontz, USS Preble) Kidd class (USS Kidd) Knox...
strike groups currently assigned to the United States Fleet Forces Command. USS Gerald R. Ford is the aircraft carrier assigned as the strike group's flagship...
(TG 31.2) of six destroyers—USS Dunlap, Craven, Maury, Lang, Sterett, and Stack—commanded by Commander Frederick Moosbrugger, having been forewarned of...
USS Oberrender (DE-344) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant...
Hawaii, on 9 January 1945 and became flagship of Captain Frederick Moosbrugger, Commander, Destroyer Squadron 63. Biscayne took part in the invasion...
assigned to this squadron: USS Stout (DDG-55), USS McFaul (DDG-74), USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79), USS Bulkeley (DDG-84), USS Mason (DDG-87) Following the...
Museum ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946)...
strange lights above the river near my home in Northeastern Arkansas. Moosbrugger, Guido (2004). And Still They Fly! (Second Edition). Steelmark, ISBN 0971152314...
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