USS Fletcher (DD-992)
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Construction started | April 24, 1978 |
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Launched | June 16, 1979 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Decommissioned | 1 October 2004 |
Motto | Pace et Bello Paratus; "In Peace and War Prepared" |
Namesake | Frank Jack Fletcher |
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ID | 2013747 |
About USS Fletcher (DD-992)
USS Fletcher (DD-992), the thirtieth Spruance-class destroyer, was part of the first major class of United States Navy surface ships to be powered by gas turbines. She was commissioned in July 1980 and was deployed mainly in the western and southern Pacific, but also voyaged to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.