USS HARRY W. HILL, DD 986
Crest of the USS Harry W. Hill
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Speed Surprise Success
Above: USS Harry W. Hill (DD 986), underway
just outside San Diego, California.
Ship Characteristics
Named for Admiral Harry Wilbur Hill, amphibious commander World
War II.
- Length - 563 feet, 4 inches
- Beam - 55 feet
- Draft - 29 feet
- Displacement -8,040 tons
- Complement - 19 officers, 351 enlisted
- Engineering - 4 General Electric Gas Turbines, 2 shafts,
2 rudders, Shaft Horsepower = 80,000
- Speed - 32.5 knots
- Armament - Two 5"/54cal MK45 Mod 0 Gun Mounts,
One Mk 16 ASROC Launcher, Two Mk 32 Torpedo Tubes, One Mk 29
NATO Sea Sparrow Missile Launcher, Two quad Mk 141 Harpoon Launchers,
and Two Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS.
- Aircraft - Two SH-2F Light Airborne Multi-Purpose
System (LAMPS) II
Commissioned - 17 November 1979
Noted accomplishment - Participated in Operation Desert
Shield and Desert Storm
Status - Decommission 29 May, 1998
Photograph taken by website author
Above: USS Harry W. Hill moored at the San Diego
Naval Station pier 2 after returning from Operation Desert Storm.
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