USS Hewitt

	USS Hewitt fires a Sea Sparrow on 23 March 2000
History
United States
Name	Hewitt
Namesake	H. Kent Hewitt
Ordered	1 January 1971
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	23 July 1973
Launched	24 August 1974
Acquired	1 September 1976
Commissioned	25 September 1976
Decommissioned	19 July 2001
Stricken	5 June 2002
Identification	Callsign: NDDW; ; Hull number: DDG-966;
Motto	Be Just and Fear Not
Fate	Scrapped, 9 August 2001
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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;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters

USS Hewitt (DD-966), named for Admiral H. Kent Hewitt USN (1887–1972), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi and launched on 14 September 1974 by Mrs. Leroy Hewitt Taylor and Mrs. Gerald Hewitt Norton, daughters of Admiral Hewitt.

History
USS Hewitt fires a Sea Sparrow on 23 March 2000
United States
Name	Hewitt
Namesake	H. Kent Hewitt
Ordered	1 January 1971
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	23 July 1973
Launched	24 August 1974
Acquired	1 September 1976
Commissioned	25 September 1976
Decommissioned	19 July 2001
Stricken	5 June 2002
Identification	Callsign: NDDW Hull number: DDG-966
Motto	Be Just and Fear Not
Fate	Scrapped, 9 August 2001
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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
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters