Luce (DDG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS LUCE DDG-38 MISSION AND ARMAMENT luce ' s mission is to operate offensively, either independently or with strike, anti-submarine, or amphibious forces against air, surface, and submarine threats. Toward accomplishing this mission, she is designed to detect and destroy submarines and aircraft, destroy ships and shore targets, support amphibious assault and land forces, control aircraft, and provide command facilities and accommodations for an embarked unit commander. She is also capable of collecting electronic intelligence, performing search and rescue, plane guarding for carriers, participating in tactical deception operations, collecting hydrographic and oceanographic data, performing evacuation, blockade, visit-and-search, and surveillance functions, as well as operating as a sector control ship in anti-air warfare environment. To accomplish her mission, LUCE is equipped with a missile system which uses Terrier and Extended Range Standard Missiles to engage surface targets, supersonic aircraft, and missiles. To counter subsurface foes she is equipped with anti-submarine, rocket-thrown torpedoes and depth charges (ASROC) and torpedoes which can be fired from two triple-tube mounts. A 5 54 gun system provides anti-air and anti-surface fire power. These weapons are supported by updated sensor systems, including surface and air search radars, three-dimensional air tracking radar and sonar. LUCE ' s weapons are coordinated with those of other ships and aircraft through the Navy Tactical Data System. The ship is powered by four high-pressure, oil-fired boilers which drive twin screws, producing a top speed in excess of thirty knots. LUCE STATISTICS Builder: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy. Massachusetts Keel Laid: 1 October 1957 Launched: 11 December 1958 Commissioned: 20 May 1961 Decommissioned for Modernization: 25 February 1970 Rccommissioned: 22 May 1971 Length: 512Vi feet Beam: 52V4 feet Displacement: 5,800 tons Draft: 25 feet Maximum Speed: 34 Knots Propulsion: Twin screw, twin rudder, 1200 lb. Steam system, 85,000 SHP Armament: Terrier Missiles, ASROC, 5 54 gun Manning: 27 Officers. 365 Enlisted