USS Luce DL-7 / DLG-7 / DDG-38

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
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.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 12, 2008