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SANS PRECEDENT USS COMTE DE GRASSE DD-9:4 MEDITERRANEAN MIDEAST CRUISE 1980
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UNITED STATES SHIP COMTE DE GRASSE USS COMTE DE GRASSE is the fifteenth in a series of thirty SPRUANCE class destroyers and is a member of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia and is assigned to Cruiser Destroyer Group EIGHT and Destroyer Squadron TEN. Designed and built by Ingalls Ship- building Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, COMTE DE GRASSE 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 LIVI-2500 engines, mar- ine versions of those used on DC-10 and C-5 A aircraft, drive the ship at speeds in excess of 30 knots. Twin controllable - reversible pitch propellers provide COMTE DE GRASSE with a degree of maneuverability unique among warships of her size. A highly versatile multi-mission destroyer, COMTE DE GRASSE can operate independently or in company with Amphibious or Carrier Task Forces. Her overall length is 563 feet and she displaces 7800 tons. COMTE DE GRASSE ' S primary mission is to operate offensively in an Anti-submarine Warfare role. COMTE DE GRASSE ' s sonar, the most advanced underwater detection yet developed, is fully integrated into a digital naval tactical data system, providing the ship with faster and more accurate processing of target information. Integration of the ship ' s digital gun fire control system into the NTDS provides quick reaction in the performance of the ship ' s mission areas of shore bombardment, surface warfare actions, and anti-aircraft warfare. Ships weapons include two MK 45 light weight 5 inch guns, two triple barrel MK 32 torpedo tubes, an anti-submarine rocket (ASROC) launcher. Harpoon Missle System, NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System, and facilities for embar- kation of anti-submarine helicopters. Space, weight, and electrical power reservations have been allocated in the design of the ship to provide for the addition of future weapons systems and enable COMTE DE GRASSE to keep abreast of future technology. Although built for maximum combat effectiveness, crew comfort and habi- tability are an integral part of COMTE DE GRASSE ' s design. Berthing com- partments are spacious and the ship is equipped with amenities not usually found aboard destroyers, including a crew ' s library, lounge, hobby shop, and gymnasium. Automatic weapons and engineering systems permit operation of the ship, the size of a World War II light cruiser, by a reduced crew of 18 officers, 17 chief petty officers, and 235 enlisted. COMTE DE GRASSE is one of the world ' s most modern destroyers, possess- ing advanced propulsion systems and a fully integrated combat system, and is sure to be formidable seaborne platform well into the future.
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