FULL Restoration of the Spruance-class Destroyer – “Built for a War That Never Waited” #SpruanceClass #USNavyDestroyer #ColdWarWarships #NavalRestoration #MilitaryHistory #veterans | Naval Legends

USS Spruance (DDG-111) is a United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. She is the 61st ship in her class. Spruance is the second ship to be named for Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), who commanded American naval forces at the Battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea. He was later Ambassador to the Philippines. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 2009. She was christened by the admiral's granddaughter, Ellen Spruance Holscher, on 5 June 2010 in Bath, Maine at Bath Iron Works, where th

The USS Fife (DD-991), a Spruance-class destroyer, was not sunk in combat but was deliberately sunk as a target ship (SINKEX) during a live-fire exercise on August 23, 2005, off the coast of Hawaii, by the USS Russell (DDG-59). Decommissioned in 2003, the ship served the U.S. Navy for over two decades, including a notable incident in 1983 where it collided with a Soviet frigate and rescued Vietnamese refugees in 1989. #reel #reels #followers #instagram #instagood | Ships & Models by Erick Navas