U.S.S. John Hancock
DD-981
1993
(Argos AS-43c/981)
- Class: Spruance -- 31 destroyers of 1970-78
- Displacement: 6,156 tons
- Dimensions: 563' (oa) x 55' x 29'
- Machinery: 4 gas turbines (General Electric LM 2500); 86,000 shp; 2 shafts
- Speed: 32.5 knots
- Missiles: 1-8 tube NATO Sea Sparrow launcher Mk 29;
8 Harpoon SSM (2 quad canisters Mk 141);
61-cell VLS for Tomahawk/VLA(ASROC) Mk 41 Mod 0
- Guns: 2-5"/54 DP Mk 45; 2-20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 16
- ASW weapons: 6-12.75" T.T. Mk 32 (2x3)
- Helicopters: 2 SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III
- Complement: 325
- Builder: Litton/Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Keel Laid: 16 Jan 1976
- Launched: 28 Sep 1977
- Commissioned: 1 Mar 1979
- Decommissioned: 16 Oct 2003
- Notes: John Hancock was one of 24 Spruance class in which the original ASROC launcher forward was replaced by the 61-cell vertical launch system (VLS).
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