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Naval museum. PAUL F. FOSter’s Next assignment. Saving a legendary warship for posterity. One of these things is not like the other. …the only one still floating. USS Spruance – disposed of in Fleet support training exercise. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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…the only one still floating
USS Spruance – disposed of in Fleet support training exercise
USS Radford– disposed of as artificial reef on 10 August 2011 off coast of Delaware
USS Fletcher & Fife – disposed of in Fleet support training exercise
One of these things is not like the other
Spruance Class status: DD 963-968• Spruance DD-963 Disposed of in support of
Fleet training exercise• Paul F. Foster DD-964 Active, in service
as EDD-964• Kinkaid DD-965 Disposed of in support of Fleet
training exercise• Hewitt DD-966 Disposed of by scrapping,
dismantling• Elliot DD-967 Disposed of in support of Fleet
training exercise• Arthur W. Radford DD-968 Disposed of as
artificial reef on 10 August 2011 off coast of Delaware
Spruance Class status: DD 969-977• Peterson DD-969 Disposed• Caron DD-970 Disposed • David R. Ray DD-971 Disposed• Oldendorf DD-972 Disposed• John Young DD-973 Disposed• Comte de Grasse DD-974 Disposed• O’Brien DD-975 Disposed• Merrill DD-976 Disposed• Briscoe DD-977 Disposed
Spruance Class status: DD 978-986• Stump DD-978 Disposed• Connolly DD-979 Disposed • Moosbrugger DD-980 Disposed• John Hancock DD-981 Disposed• Nicholson DD-982 Disposed• John Rogers DD-983 Disposed• Leftwich DD-984 Disposed• Cushing DD-985 Disposed• Harry W. Hill DD-986 Disposed
Spruance Class status: DD 987-997• O’Bannon DD-987 Disposed • Thorn DD-988 Disposed• Deyo DD-989 Disposed• Ingersoll DD-990 Disposed• Fife DD-991 Disposed• Fletcher DD-992 Disposed• Hayler DD-997 Disposed
NAVSEA donated 48 ships, including these destroyers:
Hull # Ship Class Location
DD 537 The Sullivans Fletcher Buffalo, NY
DD 661 Kidd Fletcher Baton Rouge, LA
DD 724 Laffey Sumner Mt. Pleasant, SC
DD 793 Cassin Young Fletcher Boston, MA
DD 850 J.P. Kennedy Jr. Gearing Fall River, MA
DD 951 Turner Joy Sherman Bremerton, WA
DD963 Spruance TBD
Every destroyer ship class represented from 1941 to 1972 except Spruance
Navy’s plan for Paul F. Foster Remain at Port Hueneme, CA Continue as Self Defense Test Ship
(SDTS) EDD 964 for the next 9-10 years 2021 and beyond – unknown Eventually will be stricken from service Donation candidate
Possible Meets some criteria
NAVSEA Ship Donation Criteria Awarded Presidential Unit Citation Heroic act onboard President assigned to ship during service First to incorporate engineering, weapon
systems or other revolutionary upgrades Historic event
Donation: Three-phase process 1 – Letter of Intent (Board seeking
Association concurrence this weekend) and Executive Summary (assigned committee of volunteers)
2 – Submit Business, Financial and Environmental plans. Due within one year after Navy accepts Phase 1 Letter.
3 – Applications for Towing, Mooring, Maintenance, Curatorial/Museum Management Plan within six months after Phase 2 acceptance.
Donation timeline
2012 April – Association’s endorsement, establish
committee Summer – Visit USS IOWA, continue research
2013-2021– Fundraising, location search 2014 – Donation update @ Reunion 2018 – Submit Letter of Intent to NAVSEA 2019 – Submit Plans: Business, $$,
Environmental 2020 – Submit Towing, Mooring, Maintenance,
Curatorial/Museum Management Plan
USS IOWA
The Pacific Battleship Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2009. The organization was awarded custody of USS IOWA BB-61 on September 6, 2011 for display as a museum and educational attraction at Port of Los Angeles Berth 87.
Possible PFF Association partner USS IOWA – Association moving BB61 to
permanent display July 2012 Ongoing discussions regarding the process Shared Lessons Learned & three key steps:
Financial backing ($22 million for IOWA) Location (berth/community willing to host) Per NAVSEA requirement: A not-for-profit
organization or community, an active leadership plus staff to operate and maintain the ship.