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U.S.S. ELLIOT

(DD-967)

COURAGE HONOR INTEGRITY

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USS ELLIOT (DD-967) - a Spruance-class destroyer

In Commission 1977 to 2003

DD-967 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DD-967 Shellback Initiation Add a DD-967 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1973-Keel Date: 15 OCT 1973
at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS
DEC1974-Launch Date: 19 DEC 1974
JAN1977-Commissioned: 22 JAN 1977
APR1979-Shellback Initiation - 9 APR 1979 - Indian Ocean
OCT1980-MAY1981West Pac
APR1983-NOV1983West Pac
OCT1984-OCT1984Fleet Week - San Francisco CA
JAN1987-JAN1987West Pac
SEP1989-NOV1989PAC-EX 89
JAN1990-AUG1991West Pac
JAN1990-AUG1990West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN1990-FEB1995wespac
FEB1990-AUG1990West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR1995-OCT1995West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR1995- Shellback Initiation - 4 APR 1995 - Indian Ocean
APR1995- Shellback Initiation - 4 APR 1995 - Indian Ocean
JUN1998-DEC1998West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN2000-JUN2000West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN2001-JUN2001West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
DEC2003-Decommissioned: 2 DEC 2003

DD-967 General Specifications

Class: Spruance-class destroyer

Named for: Arthur J. Elliot II

Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted

Displacement: 8040 tons

Length: 529 feet

Beam: 55 feet

Flank Speed: 32 Knots

Range: 6 000 nautical miles

Final Disposition:Sunk as a target 25 June 2005