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U.S.S. JOHN YOUNG
(DD-973)PRENDS LA MER AVEC COURAGE
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USS JOHN YOUNG (DD-973) - a Spruance class destroyer
In Commission 1978 to 2002DD-973 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-973 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-973 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEB | 1975 | - | Keel Date: 17 FEB 1975 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| JAN | 1976 | - | Launch Date: 6 JAN 1976 | ||
| MAY | 1978 | - | Commissioned: 20 MAY 1978 | ||
| MAY | 1978 | - | MAY | 1978 | Panama Canal |
| SEP | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 SEP 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1978 | - | APR | 1979 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 SEP 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1980 | - | MAY | 1981 | West Pac |
| APR | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 APR 1981 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 MAY 1981 - Indian Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 MAY 1981 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1982 | - | NOV | 1982 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 AUG 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1984 | - | APR | 1985 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 FEB 1985 - Indian Ocean | ||
| APR | 1986 | - | JUL | 1986 | RIMPAC |
| JUL | 1987 | - | DEC | 1987 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| OCT | 1987 | - | OCT | 1987 | Operation Nimble Archer |
| DEC | 1988 | - | JUN | 1989 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 JAN 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 JAN 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1992 | - | JUN | 1992 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1997 | - | JAN | 1998 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1997 | - | JAN | 1998 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| APR | 1998 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 APR 1998 - Indian Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1999 | - | FEB | 2000 | West Pac |
| APR | 2000 | - | JUL | 2000 | RIMPAC |
| JAN | 2001 | - | MAR | 2001 | Counter Drug ops |
| OCT | 2001 | - | APR | 2002 | West Pac/OEF |
| SEP | 2002 | - | Decommissioned: 30 SEP 2002 | ||
DD-973 General Specifications
Class: Spruance class destroyer
Named for: John Young
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 on 13 April 2004