USS Luce DL-7 / DLG-7 / DDG-38 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts |
Hull Number: |
DL-7 DLG-7 (Nov. 14, 1956) DDG-38 (June 30, 1975) |
Ordered: |
January 27, 1956 |
Commissioned: |
May 20, 1961 |
Keel Laid: |
October 1, 1957 |
Decommissioned: |
April 1, 1991 |
Launched: |
December 11, 1958 |
Stricken: |
November 20, 1992 |
Fate: |
Sold Mar. 19, 2004 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped. Scraping completed on June 17, 2005 |
History |
Christened by
Mrs. Felix B. Stump. |
Named in Honor of Rear Admiral Stephen Bleecker Luce USN (1827-1917). |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 12, 2008 |