USS David R. Ray

	USS David R. Ray on 27 June 1989
History
United States
Name	David R. Ray
Namesake	David R. Ray
Ordered	15 January 1971
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	23 September 1974
Launched	23 August 1975
Acquired	31 October 1977
Commissioned	19 November 1977
Decommissioned	28 February 2002
Stricken	6 November 2002
Identification	Callsign: NBDQ; ; Hull number: DD-971;
Motto	Determined, Ready, Resourceful
Fate	Sunk as target, 11 July 2008
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General characteristics
Class & type	Spruance-class destroyer
Displacement	8,040 long tons (8,170 t) full load
Length	529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall;
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	19 officers, 315 enlisted
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-40 air search radar; AN/SPG-60 fire control radar; AN/SPS-55 surface search radar; AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar; Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar; AN/SPS-65 missile fire control radar; AN/SQS-53 bow-mounted active sonar; AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array passive sonar; Naval Tactical Data System;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures; Mark 36 SRBOC decoy launching system; AN/SLQ-49 inflatable decoys; ;
Armament	2 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 caliber Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed); 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters; 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes); 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles; 1 × 21 round RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (removed 1980s);
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-2F or 2 × SH-60B
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters

USS David R. Ray (DD-971), was a Spruance-class destroyer named for United States Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class David Robert Ray who was killed in action in 1969 while assigned to a Marine Corps artillery unit during the Vietnam War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

The David R. Ray was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and commissioned on November 19, 1977, in Pascagoula. The principal speaker at the event was James R. Sasser, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and the ships sponsor was Mrs. Donnie M. Ray, HM2 Ray's mother. The David R. Ray was decommissioned in 2002 and sunk as a target in 2008.

History
USS David R. Ray on 27 June 1989
United States
Name	David R. Ray
Namesake	David R. Ray
Ordered	15 January 1971
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	23 September 1974
Launched	23 August 1975
Acquired	31 October 1977
Commissioned	19 November 1977
Decommissioned	28 February 2002
Stricken	6 November 2002
Identification	Callsign: NBDQ Hull number: DD-971
Motto	Determined, Ready, Resourceful
Fate	Sunk as target, 11 July 2008
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	Spruance-class destroyer
Displacement	8,040 long tons (8,170 t) full load
Length	529 ft (161 m) waterline 563 ft (172 m) overall
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	19 officers, 315 enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-40 air search radar AN/SPG-60 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar AN/SPS-65 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-53 bow-mounted active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array passive sonar Naval Tactical Data System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures Mark 36 SRBOC decoy launching system AN/SLQ-49 inflatable decoys
Armament	2 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 caliber Mark 45 dual purpose guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed) 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes) 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles 1 × 21 round RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (removed 1980s)
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-2F or 2 × SH-60B
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters