USS Stump information

	USS Stump on 1 February 1988
History
United States
Name	Stump
Namesake	Felix Budwell Stump
Ordered	26 January 1972
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	25 August 1975
Launched	1 January 1977
Acquired	24 July 1978
Commissioned	19 August 1978
Decommissioned	22 October 2004
Stricken	22 October 2004
Identification	Callsign: NFBS; ; Hull number: DD-978;
Motto	Tenacity: Foundation of Victory
Fate	Sunk as target, 7 June 2006
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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 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launcher;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters

USS Stump (DD-978) was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. The USS Stump was decommissioned and stricken on 22 October 2004.

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History
USS Stump on 1 February 1988
United States
Name	Stump
Namesake	Felix Budwell Stump
Ordered	26 January 1972
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	25 August 1975
Launched	1 January 1977
Acquired	24 July 1978
Commissioned	19 August 1978
Decommissioned	22 October 2004
Stricken	22 October 2004
Identification	Callsign: NFBS Hull number: DD-978
Motto	Tenacity: Foundation of Victory
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) 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles 1 × 21 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launcher
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters