USS Leftwich (DD-984) - Definition

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Laid down:	12 November 1976
Launched:	8 April 1978
Commissioned:	25 August 1979
Decommissioned:	27 March 1998
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USS Leftwitch, named for Lieutenant Colonel William Groom Leftwich Junior USMC (1931-1970) killed in action at Quang Nam in the Republic of Vietnam on 18 November 1970, was a Spruance class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi.

External Links

• USS Leftwich webpage (http://www.navysite.de/dd/dd984.htm)