| Spruance
Class Fleet Escort Destroyers. Photos and history of the Spruance
class destroyers, including USS Spruance, USS Paul F Foster, USS Kinkaid,
USS Hewitt, USS Elliott, USS Arthur W Radford, USS Peterson, USS Caron,
USS David R Ray, USS Oldendorf, USS John Young,USS Comte De Grasse, USS
O'Brien, USS Merrill, USS Briscoe, USS Stump, USS Conolly, USS Moosbrugger,
USS John Hancock, USS Nicholson, USS John Rodgers, USS Leftwich, USS
Cushing, USS Harry W Hill, USS O'Bannon, USS Thorn, USS Deyo, USS
Ingersoll, USS Fife and USS Fletcher. |
| (DD963) USS
Spruance |
10th
November 1973 |
- |
| (DD964) USS Paul
F Foster |
23rd
February 1974 |
- |
| (DD965) USS
Kinkaid |
25th
May 1974 |
-To be sunk as
target by harpoon missiles fired from aircraft on the 15th June 2004 |
| (DD966) USS
Hewitt |
24th
August 1974 |
- |
| (DD967) USS
Elliott |
19th
December 1974 |
- |
| (DD968) USS
Arthur W Radford |
1st
March 1975 |
- |
| (DD969) USS
Peterson |
21st
June 1975 |
- |
| (DD970) USS Caron |
24th
June 1975 |
- |
| (DD971) USS David
R Ray |
23rd
August 1975 |
- |
| (DD972) USS
Oldendorf |
21st
October 1975 |
- |
| (DD973) USS John
Young |
7th
February 1976 |
- |
| (DD974) USS Comte
De Grasse |
26th
March 1976 |
- |
| (DD975) USS
O'Brien |
8th
July 1976 |
- |
| (DD976) USS
Merrill |
1st
September 1976 |
- |
| (DD977) USS
Briscoe |
15th
December 1976 |
- |
| (DD978) USS Stump |
29th
January 1977 |
- |
| (DD979) USS
Conolly |
19th
February 1977 |
- |
| (DD980) USS
Moosbrugger |
23rd
July 1977 |
- |
| (DD981) USS John
Hancock |
29th
October 1977 |
- |
| (DD982) USS
Nicholson |
11th
November 1977 |
- |
| (DD983)
USS John Rodgers |
25th
February 1978 |
- |
| (DD984) USS
Leftwich |
8th
April 1978 |
- |
| (DD985) USS
Cushing |
17th
June 1978 |
- |
| (DD986) USS Harry
W Hill |
10th
August 1978 |
- |
| (DD987) USS
O'Bannon |
25th
September 1978 |
- |
| (DD988) USS Thorn |
14th
November 1978 |
- |
| (DD989) USS Deyo |
27th
January 1979 |
- |
| (DD990) USS
Ingersoll |
10th
March 1979 |
- |
| (DD991) USS Fife |
1st
May 1979 |
- |
| (DD992) USS
Fletcher |
16th
June 1979 |
- |
| USS
Spruance |
|

USS Spruance, closing to fuel from RFA Grey Rover,
North Atlantic, March 1984.
Photographed by George
Mortimore L.R.P.S Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
GM217 |
| USS
Arthur W Radford |
DD968 USS Arthur W Radford at Malta, September 2000.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD1185 |
DD968 USS Arthur W Radford at Malta, September 2000.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD1186 |
DD968 USS Arthur W Radford at Malta, September 2000.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD1187 |
| USS
Peterson |
|

USS Peterson (DD969), at Augusta, May 1986.
Photographed by George
Mortimore L.R.P.S Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
GM223 |
| USS
Briscoe |
DD977 USS Briscoe at Malta, October 2000.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD1190 |
DD977 USS Briscoe at Malta, October 2000.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD1191 |
DD977 USS Briscoe at Malta, October 2000.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD1192 |
| USS
Nicholson |
|

DD982 USS Nicholson.
From the collection of Patrick
D'Agostino. No Reproductions Available. PDX088 |

DD982 USS Nicholson.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD489 |
| USS
John Rodgers |
|

USS John Rodgers (DD983), closing to fuel from RFA
Grey Rover, North Atlantic, March 1984.
Photographed by George
Mortimore L.R.P.S Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
GM215 |
| USS
O'Bannon |
|

DD987 USS O'Bannon at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD407 |
|

DD987 USS O'Bannon at Malta.Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD405 |

DD987 USS O'Bannon at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD406 |
|

DD987 USS O'Bannon at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD403 |

DD987 USS O'Bannon at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD404 |
|

USS O'Bannon (DD987), closing to fuel from RFA Grey
Rover, off Portland, July 1984.
Photographed by George
Mortimore L.R.P.S Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
GM221 |

DD987 USS O'Bannon.
From the collection of Patrick
D'Agostino. No Reproductions Available. PDX173 |
|
USS Thorn |
|

DD988 USS Thorn at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD166 |

DD988 USS Thorn at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD167 |
|

DD988 USS Thorn at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD164 |

USS Thorn at Malta.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
DPD165 |
|

DD988 USS Thorn at Malta, July 2001.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD373 |

DD988 USS Thorn at Malta, July 2001.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD374 |
|

USS Thorn at Malta, 2nd July 2001.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD563 |

USS Thorn at Malta, July 2001.
Photographed by Patrick
D'Agostino. Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
reproduction of this original photo size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here . Order Code
PD1385 |
|
USS Deyo |
|

DD989 USS Deyo, 22nd April 1987.
A
large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original negative / photo under license from Mike Lennon, the copyright
holder. Price
£25. Order photograph here Order Code
LEN0235
Original
republished © Mike Lennon Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £6 Click here
to order. Order Code LEN0235 |
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