USS Nicholson (DD-982)
USS Nicholson on 20 January 2001 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Nicholson |
| Namesake | James Nicholson |
| Ordered | 15 January 1974 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 20 February 1976 |
| Launched | 11 November 1977 |
| Acquired | 23 April 1979 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 20 December 2002 |
| Stricken | 6 April 2004 |
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| Fate | Sunk as target, 30 July 2004 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Spruance-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 8,040 long tons (8,170 t) full load |
| Length | |
| 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 |
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| 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 Nicholson (DD-982), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a family which was prominent in early American naval history, including James Nicholson, the senior Continental Navy Captain, and Samuel Nicholson, the first captain of USS Constitution.