Description

DD-973 USS John Young, 24-inch Mahogany Model

Sailors! Enjoy a beautifully crafted DD-973 USS John Young, 24-inch Mahogany Model.  Built in the traditional way with wood, it will be sure to impress on a mental or office.

• 24 inches
• Made from Mahogany
• US Naval Aviator Owned Business

The USS John Young (DD-973) was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy. It was named after Captain John Young, USN. Here are some key details about this ship:

• History:
  • Ordered: January 26, 1972
  • Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi
  • Laid down: February 17, 1975
  • Launched: January 6, 1976
  • Acquired: May 1, 1978
  • Commissioned: May 20, 1978
  • Decommissioned: September 30, 2002
  • Stricken: November 6, 2002
  • Fate: Sunk as a target on April 13, 2004
• General Characteristics:
  • Displacement: 8,040 tons (full load)
  • Length: 529 feet (waterline); 563 feet (overall)
  • Beam: 55 feet
  • Draft: 29 feet
  • Speed: 32.5 knots
  • Complement: 19 officers, 315 enlisted
  • Armament:
    • 2 × 5-inch 54-caliber Mark 45 dual-purpose guns
    • 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns
    • 1 × 8-cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher
    • 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters
    • 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75-inch torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes)
    • 1 × 61-cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles
    • 1 × 21-round RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
  • Aircraft carried: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters