A PERSONAL TRIBUTE

Honoring the
Spruance class.

Thirty-one ships. A place in naval history.
Their service. Our enduring connection.

You can’t always go back aboard.
But the ship, her service, and the people who made her will always be remembered.

For those who served.
For those who supported them.
For those who came after.

THE SHIPS

Explore the Spruance class

31 ships · In hull-number order

Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

THE NAME BEHIND THE CLASS

Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

From Midway to command of the Fifth Fleet, his service became part of the history carried by the class that bore his name.

The admiral and his namesake class

DD–964 · THE LAST SURVIVING HULL

Paul F. Foster.
One ship. A whole class remembered.

The last Spruance-class hull afloat connects all thirty-one ships to a place that still exists. Its service and its future deserve a closer look.

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USS Paul F. Foster
USS Ingersoll underway
USS Ingersoll · DD–990

FROM MY TIME ABOARD

A shipmate.
A set of keys.
A kindness remembered.

On my last day aboard Ingersoll, my division officer handed me the keys to his new Mustang. I never forgot what he did for me.

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