Inside Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) Tour Video & Launch the Attack
Inside Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) Tour Video & Launch the Attack - USS Spruance (DDG-111) is a United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. She is the 61st ship in her class. Spruance is the second ship to be named for Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886-1969), who commanded American naval forces at the Battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea.
He was later Ambassador to the Philippines. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 2009. She was christened by the admiral's granddaughter, Ellen Spruance Holscher, on 5 June 2010 in Bath, Maine at Bath Iron Works, where the ship was built at a cost of $1 billion.[3][4] The completed ship left Bath on 1 September 2011 for her commissioning in Key West, Florida on 1 October 2011.
Spruance is outfitted with the latest technology. She was the first of the U.S. Navy's destroyers to be fitted with the Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS), manufactured by the Boeing Company. GEDMS provides an Internet Protocol (IP) based backbone for video and data services on the ship.[7] The bridge features touch screen controls and color readouts instead of gauges.
In March 2012 USS Spruance, during its eight week Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trial (CSSQT), set an Aegis record when it intercepted a long-range air target at the furthest distance in the history of the Aegis and Standard Missile program. In October USS Spruance participate in the annual San Francisco Fleet Week celebration.
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"The last Ship" really made me interested in Arleigh Burke destroyers
For me was Battleship.
Same
Me too 🇺🇲🇺🇲💪💪
The last ship was a damn good series.
@@zoohasni5730 Same here
I love background music in videos. It drowns out the annoying sounds like explanations, narration, the sounds of the ship, people talking in the video and all that rubbish. People complain about background music in youtube videos sometimes, but they're just being selfish, not considering all those people who can't put music on because they don't have the internet so they can't just open a tab next to the video and put whatever music they like on. Wait...what?
Couldn't hear ya....can you repeat that? 😄
It's very important to have music in videos so you can't possibly hear what they are saying.
And still not one single Arleigh Burke named after Medal Of Honor Warrior Commander Ernest E. Evans, the single greatest and bravest US Navy DD Destroyer Hero in WW2, while fighting overwhelming odds at the Battle of Samar - the US Navy should be ashamed that they haven't recognized the tremendous heroics of Commander Evans ..
I originally had orders as an STG as a plank owner on the Arleigh Burke. 5/1 sea shore rotation would have sucked but, wanted plank owner certificate. Reup date was second day of new fiscal year and Gramm-Rudman act kicked in and I would have reupped for 6 without my $30k bonus. Guys got it two days prior and I would be SOL. I said screw it and got out. Pissed off my detailer! Loved the military and as an idiot joined the Army and made a career there. During the Army - Navy game, I always pick Navy...lots of fun fights over that during my 17 years in the Army. Rock on my fellow Tin Can sailors! 🤘
My Great Uncle was Admiral A.W. Radford, the first Navy Chairman of the Joints Chiefs under Eisenhower. Spruance class ship DD-968 was named after my Uncle. I served on it for a short period. I was very proud!!!!
Thank you all for a tour abroad your fine ship!
Was stationed on USS Semmes DDG 18 (Charles F Adams class), USS Cape Cod AD 43 (Yellowstone class), USS Kinkaid DD 965 (Spruance class), USS Whidbey Island LSD 41(Lead ship of class), and USS Wasp LHD 1(Lead ship of class).
Wow . . . you've been around ! 🇺🇸
@@paulsuprono7225 Yes, served 21 years. Visited 37 countries around the world.
My first ship was a sister of the Wasp. USS Essex LHD-2, and my next two ships are the USS Momsen DDG-92 (plankowner) and I retired while stationed on the USS Halsey DDG-97. All GREAT ships!
Go Navy! Hooyah!
Awesome
Great ship and the crew have kept her in good shape. BZ.
I like the way to toss spent casings after firing. The 'clang' is a bit satisfying for me
USS Spruance the silent warrior. Launch the attack!
Background music is too loud
Merry Christmas us navy
I mean it was an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that took out what 4 alien ships in hawaii?
And an iowa class battleship🤗
What on earth are you talking about?
The movie called “Battleship” they’re taking about
The Spruance wasn’t even in that movie?
I mean 3...anothe one by iowa class
That is my dream to be marine transportation officer
Didn't there used to be a Spruance class of destroyers? The first of which was named Spruance? (DD 963). I live about 2 miles from the shipyard where these are built.
I was an H.T.on DDG 41 U.S.S. King in the 1970s. Miss those days!
Served on the USS Dahlgren DLG-12 between 72/72. She was later redesignated DDG-43. Farragut/Coontz class ships were awesome.
Whenever I heard Spruance I always think DD 963. I feel old.
America's Navy men and woman are the finest. They will keep the peace or hand you a world of hurt. They are the first line of defence.
It wasn't just Midway! Adm Spruance successfully lead the absolutely massive mid-Pacific fleet to successful complex assaults on the Marshal, Caroline, and Marianas islands and THEN the very hard fought Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles prior to taking the fleet to the coast of Japan. Read his biography, and if you are in the Navy and haven't yet, then i really wonder why haven't you done so, certainly if you are an officer there is zero excuse.
Air transport and radio communications.
Magnificent F 22 Raptor,F 35 as well as 500 Triumph are mega mechine s the only question survives on distance and speed of interception , .
Lel the Navy uses open source music. Spent 3 days aboard an Arleigh Burke. Definitely an experience. Should note, I was aboard a Flight I, and Spruance is Flight IIA
They are the Best!
Bath Built is Best Built
Japan has these as well. As they are built on the Burke Class Destroyer design. That puts 100 of these on call. You could track and kill 9,000 targets with just those...
South Korean Navy as well
It appears they now give ESWS pins away like National Defense medals. Seems that a great majority of sailors have them. It was unheard of for a SN to have one...unless they got it as a 3rd class and then got busted down at NJP. Same goes for the AW. The only pin that's still hard to earn is undoubtedly the "dolphins" aboard submarines. I have both my ESWS and "Dolphins" as I went to subs as a 2nd class just before they stopped taking surface transfers back in the early 90's. Also have my patrol pin and a few stars as well. Kinda strange hearing USS Spruance and not seeing a Spruance class DD.
Not like candy, but they have started letting junior Sailors who are completely qualified in other areas earn the ESWS.
all good points. i build Arleigh Burkes in Bath, and was confused about the “ Spruance” reference myself
this is the real strength and the real power of the USA, seeing a soldier smile and speak with ease and freedom 👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏
I've worked on 123, 125, 128, 129, and soon 131. Crazy seeing what these look like as a finished product. Also, I hate their stairs in these ships. They're so steep and the steps are tiny. I feel like I'm going to bust my ass when I gotta go down them
Wish you people so much luck out on the oceans.
What was the length of the ship given by the chief at about 4:22 of the video?
510ft long
The Spruance is one of the newer DDGs, the older ones are flight 1s which are the ones seen in the South China sea alot
The Flight I and Flight II externally look identical, they are lacking the hanger decks that the Flight 2a ships have. The first Flight IIa is the USS Oscar Austin DDG-79 and the 29th Arleigh Burke destroyer built, with 66 Burkes built and dozens more under construction or to be built.
West Philippine Sea*
@@dundonrl nice job ☑️ i build them in Bath, ME🇺🇸
@@Roberta_Esposito I'm a plank owner on the USS Momsen DDG-92, built there in Bath. I retired while stationed on the USS Halsey DDG-97 built in Pascagoula. I can definitely say "Bath built is best built".
the last ship!
USS Nathan James❣️
Arleigh Bruke Ageis multi target engagement system, "hostiles inbound, vector all targets, fire at will with utmost prejudice"... "Lelu Dallas multipass"... 😁
Good looking ship, most Arleigh Burke destroyers have lots of rust these days.
That's because they spend a lot of time on operations, at sea. Even brand new ships pick up a lot of rust fast.
After being in port for awhile, they look brand new due to the crew having time to chip paint and re-paint. It's after a deployment that they look like hammered dog shit!
Im the Nephew of Arleigh Burke !! I'm a Bering Sea King Crabber !!!
Stay safe. Stay strong. Us older salts stand with you.
Yes dont let the sniffles (or infantile slogans) get you, you should stay in bed all day and be fearful of a flu virus thats been around for prob thousands of years. A test was developed to detect it and now although no one in sight is the least bit affected, someone somewhere was, it was dramatized on TV, and mass hysteria and irrational fear took hold. An embarrassing sociological phenomenon for the record books. The data itself informs this viewpoint.
Amerikanci svi obrijani nema zajebancije.Profesionalci.
So....how many enemy ships has it sunk so far?
a few dozen
F 22 Raptor have capability to execute missile from very long distance but the missile speed is less than S 500 interception, war will the best judgemental platform.
ah, guys there is no dought,you've got a lot of heavy,awesome armament in that shep,..but my oppinion is,that we must not under istemate every enemy,we must put our guard higthened always,.couse we ddn't know what kind of enemy we are facing ahead,…
Thay will take a torpedo to protect the Aircraft carriers 🇺🇸
Well torpedos are not really the contemporary threat, how about hypervelocity missiles, smart missiles flying complex trajectories to come at the ship simultaneously from all directions, high speed submerged rocket torpedoes to spear the ship from below. Death or immense destruction from every direction. The problem of defending the fleet and individual ships has become increasingly a very difficult complex issue.
@@rogerwilcoshirley2270 Don't forget about virus bombs ! And them damn kitchen sinks .LOL
Where did they find these Sailors lol sheesh.
is it just me or no, that the guy in 6:56 looks like keanu reeves
In5 minites yaa.
The music is too loud!
STG2 DD971
When we’re you on the David R. Ray? I was an Hm2 serving 83-85.
STG2 DD-987
@@chrislane1076 We may have just missed each other. Did you know STG 3 Gomez or STG 2 Klingler?
@@fpressel I do remember the names but would need to check my cruise books.
never heard of the Bridge being referred to as the Pilothouse. Tin Can Sailor DD878 69-73
DDG10 adams class sailor here. Did sea and anchor detail port bridge wing a million times. Pilot house is the bridge. Quartermaster plotted us close in over in the corner.. Now turn to ya bastards and why are there women on a small combatant ship.? I suppose they took thr urinals off the signal bridge too. Am i the only one thinkin its just plain wrong to deploy women on destroyers? Id lose all unit cohesion and stray from duties if a seawench was bleeding or dying or dead or flipping out. Id be fixng her first. Getting her to safety or covering her from harm or whatever.. Its a natural thing. Not any less for a dude i suppose but still. It would affect me if a girl got hurt. Just damn saying.
@@michaelodom2444 It's the way of the world now shipmate. They've even got women serving in submarines. They were just beginning to assign women to large warships when I retired.
Michael Odom yeah, you’re one of the few sexists still stuck in the 1940’s. Luckily younger generations have no problem whatsoever serving next to either sex.
@@michaelodom2444 You can blame Slick Willy (Clinton) for letting women serve in combat duty stations, but it would have happened eventually. In my navy days (1981 - 1985) only saw saw women on shore duty assignments or on tenders (best navy food ever as did temporary duty on board one at Norfolk NOB). My last recruiter before active duty was a female NC1 who served on a tender.
i build these in Bath. yes, that portion is the “ pilothouse” the surrounding portion is the “ deckhouse”
God’s speed Lady’s and Gentlemen. Way to prep that War Machine. Move out the way we have a Country to Save. Giddy up little Doggie way to drive that Mule. All day long Yahoo
They failed to mention that the USS Spruance many years ago had its own class of destroyer. They were DD.
These came out just as I was leaving the Navy in 73. I served on 2 missile destroyers and they were designated DLG's mean destroyer leader guided missile. The Sprucans were every bit as big as my ships and they had missiles as well, so I don't understand why the were classified as DD's.
much better to watch them like this than be there for real. 😆😆
Go Navy. Bob USN retired EN1
This particular ship has more people of color then I have seen in other USN ships 3 black dude at the bridge shoulder to shoulder
6 100 tor 1jay who cares? They are Americans serving their country just like everyone else on board every navy ship.
That ammo load 6:42 while the Skipper is talking about “meeting requirements” was painful. 😂. Admiral Spruance would never have taken that long honestlyyy.
A destroyer or as we called them "targets"
i build these Destroyers to take out slimy submariners 10 ways to Sunday in ways you dont even know 😎 Bath Built is Best Built
@@Roberta_Esposito lol, I'm sure. I wasn't a bubblehead. USS Iowa BB-61 everything was a target. Of course so we're we but that's the way the g same is played
Ok nice but during actual combat at sea with smart missiles flying in droves, the inevitable hits, the casualties, the fires, the complex emergency response while avoiding collisions, continuing to run the combat center weapons and sensors, etc the scope speed and complexity of all required tasks becomes overwhelming. That why hopefully there are USN simulation systems for the officers and senior enlisted that can simulate the pace and complexity of required decision making under such intense pressure-cooker scenarios and then speed it up progressively to determine each officer's breaking point to develop individual strategies or additional training to improve the performance reserve. Likewise it can determine which officers may do well in low stress scenarios but are just totally incapable of the high complexity very high paced scenarios - ie they become confused and incoherent when approaching overload, lose confidence and determination, are intrinsically irremediably too slow or make too many or critical decision errors.
This is complete gibberish.
@@Quicksilver1936 No it is not gibberish. I was an RD/OS on Farragut and Leahy class DDG's and CG's back in the late 60's and early 70, and we had to go through mock up CIC during shore training to evaluate which CIC team had the highest breaking point to know who to put in CIC during GQ.
@@retiredguyadventures6211 Yep, each Sailor has a GQ station they are assigned to, and will relieve whoever needs to be relieved so they can head to their GQ station.
I dont like it when the helms man is so far behind rather than at the front next to the windscreen. This concept is very rampant in US ships
It's not new. The helmsman doesn't navigate the ship but takes his instructions from the Conning Officer or Officer of the Deck and minds his course using the gyrocompasses. The helmsman also has right at hand the throttles for direct control of the main engines and variable pitch propellers. Once you've got the 'knack' or 'feel' of the ship this station can be a lot of fun, but you MUST always be paying attention, otherwise that 9,000 ton thoroughbred will have you reacting to her instead of her reacting to your helm input, especially when you're running at Flank speed.
You'd hate it then when Aft Steering takes over steering the ship. On my 1st ship as an after steering watch, I'd take orders from the bridge and either follow a set course or rudder angle order and that's below the water line and over 830 ft from the bow of the ship!
OMG, I can barely understand that bos'ns mate.
So this is one of the bath tubs that project US gun-boat policy. LOL
Just one collision on a philippine tanker and it will be sunk...
This music is ridiculous, can't even hear what they're saying.
Music is so ANNOYING!!!
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When did the Navy put that UGLY blue piping on the dress white uniform??? Sure didn't have that in the '50's and 60's....
Larry Motley I see you immediately honed in on a combat critical item. Good god there are so many dumb and i mean really really dumb Billy-Bob white guys out there, once you get past superficial chit chat , repeatedly stating the obvious, and your nonstop innane texting there is a pitch dark void, ie zero. As for me i'll get back to pondering the derivation of Kalman filter methods as applied in robust control theory for minimum error automated object tracking.
Think the blue piping adds to it, otherwise kind of plain, didn't have it in 1981 - 1985 when I was in the USN.
Whoever made the music is a horrrrrible producer. There seems to be two overlapping drum tracks playing different beats and they do not match up at all.
Why would you put loud background music over people speaking. So dumb.
Loose the stupid music!
The uniforms Suck!
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