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_underway_-_DPLA_-_97bbba37df0ab32a0dd427f2c7d0857b.jpeg) USSElliot on 3 December 1985 | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Arthur J. Elliot II |
| Ordered | 1 January 1971 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 15 October 1973 |
| Launched | 19 December 1974 |
| Acquired | 1 December 1976 |
| Commissioned | 22 January 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 2 December 2003 |
| Stricken | 6 April 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Courage, Honor, Integrity |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 25 June 2005 |
| Badge | _insignia%2c_circa_1976_(NH_85499-KN).png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Spruance-classdestroyer |
| Displacement | 8,040long tons (8,170 t)full load |
| Length | |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 ×General Electric LM2500gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
| Speed | 32.5knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 ×Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosedhangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
USSElliot (DD-967) was aSpruance-classdestroyer in theUnited States Navy. Built by theIngalls Shipbuilding Division ofLitton Industries atPascagoula, Mississippi, the ship was named forLieutenant CommanderArthur J. Elliot II, USN (1933–1968), who as commanding officer of Patrol Boat River Squadron 57, was killed in action in theRepublic of Vietnam on 29 December 1968.
Elliot got underway on 24 January 1977 for her maiden voyage, transiting from Pascagoula, Mississippi, toSan Diego, California, via thePanama Canal. She was assigned to theU.S. Pacific Fleet as a unit ofDestroyer Squadron 9 (DesRon 9), under the administrative control ofCommander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Five andCommander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific. After arrival,Elliot conducted five weeks of shakedown training and participated in a combat exercise. Following these evolutions, she returned to her builders for a post shakedown yard availability.
After leaving the yard,Elliot sailed toRockland, Maine arriving on 25 August. NeighboringThomaston was the hometown of the sailor for whom the ship was named. During a four-day stay, the ship hosted several thousand guests and embarked 650 guests for a six-hour guest cruise. On 24 SeptemberElliot reported toLong Beach Naval Shipyard for a six-month restricted yard availability during which her NATOSea Sparrow andHarpoon missile systems were installed.
On 1 August 1978Elliot shifted from the operational command of Destroyer Squadron Nine toDestroyer Squadron 31 (DesRon 31).Elliot departed for her first deployment, a seven-month Western Pacific tour, on 21 February 1979 asflagship of DesRon 31 in company with theaircraft carrierRanger. On 31 March,Elliot departedSubic Bay, Philippines withRanger, for operations in theIndian Ocean. Less than a week later,Elliot was transiting theStrait of Malacca in lead ofRanger when the carrier was involved in a collision with the oil tanker M/VFortune resulting in the carrier having to return to Subic Bay for repairs.Elliot arrived inDiego Garcia on 12 April.Elliot then joined a battle group centered aroundMidway and participated in operations in theGulf of Aden to maintain a U.S. military presence in the area.Elliot returned to Subic Bay on 15 June.Elliot was awarded theNavy Expeditionary Medal for Indian Ocean contingency operations.Elliot arrived back at her homeport from her first deployment on 9 September 1979. Also notable on this deployment wasElliot tailingSoviet carrierMinsk for five days of observation of operations.
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Elliot began her second deployment in 1980, under the command of Captain Stephen Clarey then after a change of command in Subic Bay, Philippines, Commander Doug Norton. On 23 January 1981,Elliot suffered a main bearing casualty resulting in one of hergas turbine engines having to be replaced. This replacement was completed at Subic Bay in only two days. On 21 AprilElliot encountered the first of several refugee boats. Over the next eight daysElliot picked up 158 refugees for which the crew was awarded theHumanitarian Service Medal. Port visits on this deployment included stops inHawaii,Guam,Korea,Thailand,Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan, andSingapore. She returned from this deployment on 23 May.
On 1 June 1981Elliot was transferred toDestroyer Squadron 21.Elliot reported toTodd Pacific Shipyard inSeattle, Washington on 17 August for the first private sector overhaul ever conducted of aSpruance-class destroyer. Among other refurbishments and installations during this overhaulElliot received an SLQ-32(V)2 electronic warfare system.Elliot completed overhaul on 30 April 1982. She returned to her homeport ofNS San Diego on 21 May. On 1 JulyElliot was reassigned from DesRon 21 toDesRon 17.
Elliot departed San Diego, California on 13 April 1983 for the third deployment of her career. Port visits on this deployment included stops in Hawaii, Philippines, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Guam and Hong Kong. On 31 July, a small boat was spotted by the forward lookout. A total of 68Vietnameserefugees were subsequently rescued and were turned over to state officials in Subic Bay.Elliot was again awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal for her rescue operation. During August,Elliot endured being at sea through the combined forces of two typhoons, though no significant damage resulted. On 1 September,Elliot departedSasebo, Japan on four hours' notice, to respond to the downing ofKAL 007.Elliot steamed at 32 knots (59 km/h) for one thousand miles (1,600 km)and arrived approximately 48 hours later, the first Allied ship on station. "Elliot" remained on scene until 14 September along with other units of Allied nations (U.S., Korea, Japan). During the tense days immediately after the downing, "Elliot" encountered some thirty-two Soviet ships in the SAS area, most of which were men-of-war. "Elliot" and all Soviet combatant ships were at a continuous state of General Quarters (Battle Stations), with deck weapons ready to fire.Elliot returned from her third deployment on 18 November 1983.
On 27 January 1984,Elliot conducted a safe weapons offload at theSeal Beach Naval Weapons Station. Shortly after departing this facility,Elliot struck a subsurface obstruction in the Seal Beach channel, causing some limited damage to the underwater hull and the starboard propeller. On 2 February,Elliot commenced a planned three-month selected repair availability (SRA) period in San Diego. On 30 April,Elliot proceeded to theTodd Shipyard facilities inSan Pedro, California for repairs to her starboard propeller and sonar dome. In May,Elliot shifted operational command toDestroyer Squadron 5. In October,Elliot participated inFleet Week '84 festivities with 18 other ships inSan Francisco, California.Elliot hosted more than 10,000 visitors during this event.
On 10 July 1985,Elliot departed on her fourth deployment as part of theNew Jersey battle group. Port visits on this deployment included stops in Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Philippines,Brunei, and Hong Kong. In mid-SeptemberElliot was engaged in an exercise withRepublic of Korea ships. During the exercise,Elliot rendered on-scene assistance to theDarter which was disabled during a collision with the merchant shipKansas Getty. On 1 DecemberElliot departed Subic Bay in company with theKitty Hawk battle group for transit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii arriving on 12 December.Elliot returned to her San Diego homeport on 21 December, ending her fourth deployment.
In May 1986Elliot began a two-month selected repair availability which included installation of flight deck modifications necessary to support LAMPS Mk III helicopter operations. On 11 OctoberElliot arrived at San Francisco to participate in Fleet Week '87 festivities.
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In January 1987,Elliot departed on her fifth deployment. Highlights off this deployment included operations in theBering Strait.
Elliot received a major overhaul in the 1988 / 1989 time frame, receiving, among other things, VLS, Phalanx CIWS, new TACAN and an upgraded Sea Sparrow system including MK 23 TAS radar.
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Elliot departed San Diego on 9 September 1989 to participate in PACEX-89, said to be the largest major naval exercise in the Pacific since the close of World War II.[1][2]Elliot's course took it north to theGulf of Alaska, then on to theBering Sea, the northwest Pacific,East China Sea, and theSea of Japan.Elliot made its sole port stop at Sasebo, Japan before returning home on 9 November 1989. During PACEX-89,Elliot conducted joint operations with other units of the Pacific Fleet as well as elements of theJapanese Maritime Self Defense Force.Elliot and its battlegroup were also overflown by two SovietTU-95 Bear D reconnaissance aircraft. Another highlight was the group photographElliot participated in as one of fifty ships gathered in formation.
Elliot departed San Diego for WestPac-90 on 1 February 1990 as part of theUSS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Carrier Battlegroup "Charlie." Ports visited includedPearl Harbor, Hawaii;Pusan, Korea;Subic Bay, Philippines; Singapore;Pattaya Beach, Thailand; Diego Garcia,BIOT;Muscat, Oman;Fremantle; and Hong Kong.Elliot also participated inTeam Spirit 1990 exercises with the South Korean military.
While transiting theSouth China Sea on 20 April 1990,Elliot rescued 35 Vietnamese refugees left adrift in a derelict boat and claiming to be the victims of pirates.[3]Elliot's captain, CDR Timothy LaFleur, made the determination to embark the refugees and scuttle their boat. After the refugees were fed and clothed (many in clothes donated by crewmembers),Elliot turned them over to a representative of theUnited Nations High Commission for Refugees in Singapore on 21 April.
Elliot returned from deployment on 1 August 1990, one day beforeIraq invaded Kuwait.Elliot then entered theNASSCO yards on 9 September 1990 and remained there until 17 December, thus spending the majority of thePersian Gulf War on the sidelines.
Elliot deployed for WestPac-91 on 31 July 1991 with COMDESRON 17 embarked. Port visits were made to Pearl Harbor; Subic Bay;Phuket, Thailand;Bahrain; Oman;Abu Dhabi,UAE; and Hong Kong. On 21 October, while deployed off the coast ofKuwait,Elliot was alerted by the FrenchDGSE shipLe Berry to the presence of a drifting IraqiLUGM-145 mine approximately 12 nm offshore from Kuwait'sMina Al-Ahmadi port.Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One, Detachment 31 team members were flown in from Bahrain. With the assistance ofElliot's air detachment the mine was safely detonated, resulting in a plume of water hundreds of feet tall.Elliot spent theChristmas holiday in Hong Kong before returning to San Diego on 20 January 1992.
Elliot reported to Southwest Marine Shipyard, San Diego in May 1992 for a yard period where she remained until August. On 16 NovemberElliot departed San Diego for a five-week counternarcotics cruise. This cruise included a port stop inPuerto Vallarta, Mexico.Elliot returned from this cruise on 21 December.
In June 1993,Elliot arrived inPortland, Oregon for thePortland Rose Festival. On 9 JulyElliot departed San Diego for her next deployment. Port visits on this deployment included Hawaii, Guam, Singapore,United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Australia, andFiji. By late August,Elliot was operating off the coast ofIran.Elliot continued operating in this region into November, serving as anti-air warfare commander andPersian Gulf force over-the-horizon track coordinator for portions of this time period. She also frequently conducted contingency strike operations exercises. During these operations,Elliot participated in boardings of merchant vessels in support ofUnited Nations Security Council resolutions.
In August 20 1998,Operation Infinite Reach (Resolute Response) begins with two simultaneous retaliatory raids in response to the twin al-Qaeda attacks on the embassies in East Africa on Aug. 7.Elliot (DD-967), along with USS Cowpens (CG 63), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS Milius (DDG 69), USS Columbia (SSN 771) fired 73 Tomahawks at the Zhawar Kili al-Badr terrorist training and support complex, 30 miles southwest of Khowst, Afghanistan[4].
Elliot operated out of San Diego,California until she was decommissioned on 2 December 2003.
The decommissionedElliot andWilliam H. Standley were sunk off the eastern coast of Australia as part ofExercise Talisman Sabre,Elliot on 22 June 2005 andWilliam H. Standley on 23 June 2005.Elliot is now resting at a depth of 4,551fathoms (27,306 feet (8,323 meters) in theCoral Sea, located at24°43′S155°50′E / 24.717°S 155.833°E /-24.717; 155.833, or roughly 100 nautical miles (190 kilometres) east ofFraser Island,Queensland, Australia.[citation needed]
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