DD-971 USS DAVID R. RAY
This photograph was taken May, 2003. She was is mothballs at the Bremerton, Washington

CLASS - SPRUANCE As Built.
Displacement 7800 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 563' (oa) x 55' x 20' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), 1 Sea Sparrow SAM (1x8) ASROC ASW (1x8),
6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3). 1 Helicopter.
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; 4 LM 2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30 Knots, Range 6000 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 296.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula Miss. September 23 1974.
Launched August 24 1975 and commissioned November 19 1977.
Decommissioned on Feb. 28, 2002.
Stricken Nov. 6, 2002.
Fate: Inactive, out of commission, to be disposed of (Maintenance Category C) at NISMF Bremerton, Wa.