The Spruance-class destroyer was as large as a World War II cruiser—but Congress nearly killed the program because lawmakers thought the ship didn’t look imposing enough next to heavily armed Soviet ...

During the span of a decade from the early 70s to the early 80s, the US Navy built as many as 31 Spruance-class destroyers, a group of warships which served as the primary destroyer for the service in ...

The destroyer Spruance, lead ship of its 31-ship class, was sunk by two aircraft-borne missiles in a training exercise this month off the Virginia Capes, the Navy acknowledged Tuesday. The Navy used ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. According to a press release from the U.S. Navy, the USS Spruance, an ...

The San Diego-based destroyer USS Spruance on Sunday attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that was trying to dodge the naval blockade the U.S. imposed in the Strait of Hormuz region, ...

Members of a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment and U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) conduct small boat operations in the ...

Summary and Key Points: Introduced in the 1970s, the Spruance-class destroyers were designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and named after WWII Navy Admiral Raymond Spruance. Some experts ...

The Navy has deployed a second destroyer to support security operations at the southern border. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance departed Naval Base San Diego on Saturday ...

The Navy christened the newest guided-missile destroyer, Spruance, Saturday, June 5, 2010, during a ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. The new destroyer honors legendary Adm. Raymond Spruance, ...

A US Navy destroyer, the USS Spruance, fired its main gun at an Iranian ship on April 19, 2026. This marks the first such action in almost four decades. The Iranian vessel, Touska, ignored warnings ...