DD-989 USS Deyo

USS DEYO was the 27th SPRUANCE - class destroyer and the first ship to be named in honor to Vice Admiral Deyo. The DEYO was last homeported in Norfolk, Va. Stricken from the Navy list on April 6, 2003, the DEYO was finally sunk as a target on August 25, 2005 in the Atlantic.

General Characteristics: Keel Laid: October 14, 1977
Launched: March 31, 1979
Christened: March 31, 1979
Commissioned: March 22, 1980
Decommissioned: November 6, 2003
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 564,3 feet (172 meters)
Beam: 55,1 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft: 28,9 feet (8.8 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: two SH-60B Seahawk (LAMPS 3)
Armament: two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, one Mk 41 VLS for Tomahawk, ASROC and Standard missiles, Mk 46 torpedoes (two triple tube mounts), Harpoon missile launchers, one Sea Sparrow launcher, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Crew: approx. 340

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These were a big, strong DDG, IMHO decommissioned too early with many years left in the hulls and with plenty of room for upgrades. I believe they were phased out to make room for the Arleigh Burke class.