Scott (DDG 995) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS SCOTT DDG-995 USS SCOTT QDDG-9951 is the third HIDD Closs Guided designed ond built bu Ingolls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Poscogoulo, Mississippi. Homeported in Nor- folk, Virginio, SCOTT is ossigned to Cruiser Destrouer Group EIGHT ond Destrouer Squodron TEN. The HIDD Closs DDG, originollu designed for the Iron- ion Novu, is unique omong U. S. worships odding the Com- bot Sustems copobilities of Tortor New Threot Upgrqde to the proven Fintisubmorine lllorfore copobilities of o SPRUHNCE Closs Destrouer. SCOTT ond other ships of the closs ore driven bu four Generol Electric LM-2500 gos tur- bines turning twin controlloble-reversible pitch propellers. Designed originollu for use on Iorge oircroft, these engines hove been modified for morine use ond produce opproxi- motelu 20,000 shoft horsepower eoch. These engines ore copoble of moving the ship ot speeds in excess of 30 knots ond provide o degree of moneuverobilitu ond flexi- bilitu unequoled bu onu other worship of similor size. Fls o highlu versotile multi-mission Guided Missile De- strouer, SCOTT is copoble of operoting independentlu or in componu with omphibious or corrier tosk forces. SCOTT uses the most odvonced HHLU ond f-lSlll equipment in exis- tence to occomplish onu tosk demonded of her. The ship is equipped with such sophisticoted weopons sustems os the SM-2 Block ll missile ond the HNXSCDS-53 digitol sonor. In oddition to its sonor, SCOTT's FiSlil suite includes HSROC, two triple-borreled torpedo tubes, ond provisions for corruing HSlll helicopters. SCOTT olso boosts two 5 f54-coliber fullu outomotic gun mounts controlled bu the digitol MH86 Fire Control Sus- tem. Horpoon onti-ship missiles, ond the Pholqnx Close-in llJeopon Sustem. SCOTT is o destrouermon's dreom. She incorporotes the veru best technologu currentlu ovoiloble in both pro- pulsion ond combot sustems which form o combinotion thot moke her o ship unequoled bu onu other in the world.

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if V XV4 . rg M.lVlAlNlDllNG OFFIGER .4 'j': ' Thomas C. Corcoran Commander Corcoran was born in Evanston, Illinois on Ppril 1 1, 1949, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Corcoran. He was raised near Chicago. In 1971 he was graduated from LUesleuan Universitu, earning a bachelor of arts degree with high honors in English. He entered the Navu in 1972 through the Officers' Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Fifter commissioning in Mau 1972, Commander Corcoran served with the Pacific Fleet as First Lieutenant, Naviga- tor and CIC Officer in USS MFIIWIN SHIELDS CDE-10661. He was then transferred to Norfolk, Virginia where he was assigned as the Hide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander Cruiser-Destrouer Group, EIGHT. ln 1977, following atten- dance at the Surface l.Uarfare Officers' School Department Head Course in Newport, he reported to the Precommis- sioning Unit of USS COMTE DE GRHSSE QDD-9741 for dutu as prospective Operations Officer. COMTE DE GRHSSE was commissioned in Fiugust 1978, with a homeport of Norfolk, and Commander Corcoran served on board as Oper0- tions Officer until Julu 1980. From Hugust 1980 until October 1981, he was assigned to the staff of Commander SECOND Fleet as the Fleet Scheduling Officer. ln Januaru 1982 Commander Corcoran arrived in Heu LUest for dutu as Prospective Commanding Officer of U55 HERCULES QPHM-25. Precommissioning dutu took him to Bremerton, Lllashington in June to accept deliveru of the ship. Fifter she was commissioned in Januaru 1983, HERCULES transited through the Panama Canal to her homeport of Heu UJest, from which base she operated in the lllestern Htlantic and Caribbean. Believed in Januaru 1985, Commander Corcoran was assigned to dutu in lllashington, first as New Construction pl . .. acement Officer on the staff of Commander Naval Militaru Personnel Command, and next as Special Hssistant tO the Chief of Naval Operations CSpeechwriterJ. Commander Corcoran has been awarded the Mer itorious Service Medal and the Navu Commendation NleCl0l with two Gold Stars, among other citations. Commander, USN ,-