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CONSTELLATION BATTLEGROUP Western Pacific Deployment 1 April - 1 October 1997 I M H HBBNI aMH USS Constellation C V-64 USS Lake Eire CG-70 USSChosinCG-65 US S Merrill DD-976 USS John Paul Jones DD-53 USSCimmaronAO-177 USS Mount Hood AE-29 ffcr CONSTKI .1 .ATION BATTLEGROUP

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USS MERRILL DD-976 USS MERRILL ( DD-976) is the fourteenth SPRUANCE class destroyer and the eight to join the Pacific Fleet. MERRILL is homeported in San Diego and is assigned to Destroyer Squadron SEVEN. Commissioned March 1 1, 1978, I SS MERRILL completed four years as the Navy ' s designated test platform for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile System and in April 1985 MERRILL was awarded the Meritorious Unit commendation for her superior performance. On April 18, 1988, u hile flagship for ( ommander Surface Action Group BRAVO, MERRILL delivered 5-inch gunfire against Iran ' s armed Sassan oil platform during Operation PRAYING MANTIS, resulting in the neutralization of the platform. MERRILL received the Combat Action Ribbon, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award and another Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon for her role in this operation. Designed and built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, MERRILL is a member of the first major class of surface ships in the U.S. Navy to be powered by gas turbine engines. Four General Electric LM- 2500 engines—marine versions of those used on DC- 1 and C-5A aircraft— drive the ship at speeds in excess of 30 knots. Twin controllable-reversible pitch propellers provided MERRILL with a degree of maneuverability unique amoung warships of her size. A highly versatile multi-mission destroyer, MERRILL is capable of operating independently or in company with Amphibi- ous or Carrier Task I orces. Primary missions include both Under Sea Warfare and Anti-Surface Warfare. MERRILL ' S sonar, the most advanced underwater detection and lire control system yet developed, is Hilly integrated into a digital Naval Tactical Data System (N I DS). providing the ship with faster and more accurate processing of target information. Integration of the ship ' s digital gun lire control system into NTDS provides quick reaction in the performance of the ship ' s mission areas of shore bombardment, surface warfare action and anti-aircraft warfare. I SSMI-.KKII LDD-976 pV

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