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U.S.S. MOOSBRUGGER
(DD-980)MORE THAN REQUIRED
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USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980) - a Spruance class destroyer
In Commission 1978 to 2000DD-980 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-980 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-980 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOV | 1975 | - | Keel Date: 3 NOV 1975 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| JUL | 1977 | - | Launch Date: 23 JUL 1977 | ||
| DEC | 1978 | - | Commissioned: 16 DEC 1978 | ||
| JUN | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1983 | - | SEP | 1983 | GITMO |
| JAN | 1983 | - | JUN | 1983 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1983 | - | OCT | 1983 | Grenada |
| OCT | 1983 | - | FEB | 1984 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JUN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | Regular Overhaul |
| FEB | 1986 | - | MAR | 1986 | Special Operations |
| JUN | 1986 | - | DEC | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1986 | - | MAR | 1987 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 1988 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1988 | - | OCT | 1988 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| OCT | 1988 | - | APR | 1989 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| DEC | 1988 | - | JUL | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1990 | - | JAN | 1991 | Desert Storm |
| AUG | 1990 | - | APR | 1991 | Desert Storm |
| JAN | 1991 | - | JUN | 1991 | Desert Storm |
| JAN | 1993 | - | JUL | 1993 | SNFL 93 |
| AUG | 1996 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 AUG 1996 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1998 | - | NOV | 1998 | UNITAS |
| JAN | 1999 | - | JAN | 2000 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 2000 | - | SEP | 2000 | North Atlantic |
| DEC | 2000 | - | Decommissioned: 15 DEC 2000 | ||
DD-980 General Specifications
Class: Spruance class destroyer
Named for: Frederick Moosbrugger
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:Scrapped in Brownsville TX 2006