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USS Cushing (DD-985) enters Apra Harbor
USS Cushing (DD-985) enters Apra Harbor.
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| Career
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| Laid down:
| 2 February 1977
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| Launched:
| 17 June 1978
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| Commissioned:
| 21 September 1979
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 8,040 tons (8,168.64 metric tons)
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| Length:
| 563 feet (171.6 meters)
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| Beam:
| 55 feet (16.8 meters)
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| Draught:
| 36 feet
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| Propulsion:
| Four GE LM 2500 Gas Turbines driving two shafts
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| Speed:
| >30 knots
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 352 Enlisted, 30 Officers
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| Armament:
| 2 5"/54 Mk 45 LWGs, 2 20mm Mk 15 CIWS, NATO SeaSparrow Missle System, Harpoon Missles, Tomahawk Missles, Vetically Launched ASROCs
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| Aircraft:
| Normal Compliment 2 SH-60B ASW Helicopters from HSL-51 "Warlords", can land all helos up to CH-46
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| Motto:
| Non Sibi Sed Patriae ("Not for self but for country")
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USS Cushing (DD-985), named for Commander William B. Cushing USN (1842–1874), is a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
USS Cushing is an active unit of the United States Navy as of 2004 and operates out of Yokosuka in Japan.
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