USS Luce (DDG 38)

- formerly DL 7 -
- formerly DEWEY -
- formerly DLG 7 -
- decommissioned -

USS LUCE was the second ship in the FARRAGUT - class of guided missile ships. Commissioned as a guided missile frigate (DLG), the USS LUCE was reclassified as guided missile destroyer (DDG) on June 30, 1975, changing its hullnumber from DLG 7 to DDG 38. The ship was decommissioned on April 1, 1991, and stricken from the Navy list on November 20, 1992. On December 16, 1994, the LUCE was finally sold for scrapping.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: January 27, 1956
	Keel laid: October 1, 1957
	Launched: December 11, 1958
	Commissioned: May 20, 1961
	Decommissioned: April 1, 1991
	Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard, Quincy, Mass.
	Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines
	Propellers: two
	Length: 512.5 feet (156.2 meters)
	Beam: 52 feet (15.9 meters)
	Draft: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 5,800 tons
	Speed: 33 knots
	Aircraft: none
	Armament: one Mk 42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 10 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for Standard (MR) Missiles, two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers
	Crew: 21 officers and 356 enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS LUCE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS LUCE:

Date	Where	Events
January 19, 1966	Mayport Naval Station, FL	An "actual nuclear incident" occurs when the nuclear warhead on a Terrier anti-air missile separates from the missile and drops about eight feet on the USS LUCE while the ship is docked at Mayport Naval Station. It is recorded that "there were no personnel casualties, and aside from the dent in the warhead, no equipment was damaged."

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