
USS David R. Ray
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Construction started | September 23, 1974 |
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Launched | August 23, 1975 |
Length | 161 m |
Commissioned | 19 November 1977 |
Fate | Sunk as a target on 11 July 2008 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
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ID | 2013734 |
About USS David R. Ray
USS David R. Ray, was a Spruance-class destroyer named for United States Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class David Robert Ray who was killed in action in 1969 while assigned to a Marine Corps artillery unit during the Vietnam War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.