USS Caron
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USS Caron (DD-970) was a Spruance-class destroyer, named for Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne M. Caron (1946–1968), who was killed in action during the Vietnam War, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
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USS Caron on 1 January 1983 | |
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Name | Caron |
Namesake | Wayne Caron |
Ordered | 15 January 1971 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 1 July 1974 |
Launched | 24 June 1975 |
Acquired | 5 September 1977 |
Commissioned | 1 October 1977 |
Decommissioned | 15 October 2001 |
Stricken | 5 June 2002 |
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Motto | Vision, Victory, Valor |
Fate | Sunk as target, 4 December 2002. |
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Class and type | Spruance-class destroyer |
Displacement | 8,040 (long) tons full load |
Length | 529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall |
Beam | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
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Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
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