San Diego's newest warship prepares for commissioning

By Gary Robbins, Reporter - Science, weather and defense
Originally published September 11, 2011 at 5:43 p.m., updated September 11, 2011 at 7:46 p.m.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Spruance will be commissioned in Key West, Florida on October 1. — US Navy

The guided-missile destroyer Spruance is en route to Key West, Florida, where the 510-foot warship will be commissioned before it heads to its homeport of San Diego, says the Navy. Commissioning is set for October 1st, and the ship will leave for the West Coast two days later. Spruance, the 61st Burke-class destroyer, is named after Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, the famed World War II naval commander who oversaw such pivotal fights as the battles for Midway and the Philippine Sea.

San Diego is already home to 15 Burke destroyers, including Benfold, Decatur, Gridley, Halsey, Kidd, Howard, John Paul Jones, Higgins, Milius, Pinckney, Preble, Sampson, Sterett, Stockdale, and William P. Lawrence.

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List of San Diego-based warships

SHIP
TYPE

Carl Vinson
aircraft carrier

Ronald Reagan
aircraft carrier

Antietam
cruiser

Bunker Hill
cruiser

Cape St. George
cruiser

Chancellorsville
cruiser

Lake Champlain
cruiser

Mobile Bay
cruiser

Princeton
cruiser

Benfold
destroyer

Lawrence
destroyer

Milius
destroyer

Kidd
destroyer

Higgins
destroyer

Howard
destroyer

Decatur
destroyer

Halsey
destroyer

Gridley
destroyer

John Paul Jones
destroyer

Stockdale
destroyer

Sterett
destroyer

Spruance
destroyer

Pinckney
destroyer

Sampson
destroyer

Preble
destroyer

Albuquerque
submarine

Asheville
submarine

Jefferson City
submarine

Hampton
submarine

Helena
submarine

Topeka
submarine

San Francisco
submarine

Thach
frigate

Vandegrift
frigate

McClusky
frigate

Gary
frigate

Curts
frigate

Freedom
littoral combat ship

Independence
littoral combat ship

Juneau
amphibious transport dock

Peleliu
amphibious assault ship

Bonhomme Richard
amphibious assault ship

Makin Island
amphibious assault ship

New Orleans
amphibious transport dock

Pearl Harbor
ampibious dock landing ship

Rushmore
amphibious dock landing ship

Ogden
amphibious transport dock

Boxer
amphibious assault ship

Comstock
amphibious transport dock

Dubuque
amphibious transport dock

Green Bay
amphibious transport dock

Harpers Ferry
amphibious dock landing ship

San Diego*
amphibious transport dock

Champion
mine-countermine

Devastator
mine-countermine

Chief
mine-countermine

Pioneer
mine-countermine

Warrior
mine-countermine

Sentry
mine-countermine

*The USS San Diego will arrive in San Diego next year. The Independence is scheduled to arrive by the end of 2011. The frigate Jarrett was decommissioned earlier this year, and the amphibious warship Cleveland will be decommissioned in September 2011.

Source: US Navy

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