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USS Hayler (DD-997)
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| Career
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| Awarded:
| 29 September 1979
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| Laid down:
| 20 October 1980
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| Launched:
| 2 March 1982
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| Commissioned:
| 5 March 1983
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| Decommissioned:
| 25 August 2003
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| Struck:
| 6 April 2004
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| Fate:
| Sunk as a target, 13 November 2004
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 8,040 tons full load
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| Length:
| 529 ft waterline; 563 ft overall (161, 172 m)
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| Beam:
| 55 ft (16.8 m)
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| Draft:
| 29 ft (8.8 m)
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp (60 MW); 2 × shafts.
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| Speed:
| 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
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| Range:
| 6,000 nm (11,000 km) at 20 knots; 3,300 nm at 30 knots (56 km/h)
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| Complement:
| 19 officers, 315 enlisted
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| Armament:
| 2 × 5 inch (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters.
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| Aircraft:
| 2 × SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
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| Motto:
| Courageous in Conflict
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USS Hayler (DD-997), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the NNth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Vice Admiral Robert W. Hayler (1891–?).
Hayler was laid down on 20 October 1980 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, in Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 2 March 1982; and commissioned on 5 March 1983.
Hayler was decommissioned 25 August 2003 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 6 April 2004, and sunk as a target 13 November 2004 during the 2004 Sink Exercise.
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