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	38k	Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 - December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral in World War II, and commanded US naval forces at the turning point of the Pacific War, the Battle of Midway. After that battle, Spruance went on to command naval forces successfully throughout the course of the war, and later served as American ambassador to the Philippines.		Ron Reeves
	91k	Precommissing CO CDR Tate Westbrook.		Bill Gonyo
	172k	Spruance under construction in March 2010.		Bill Gonyo
	197k	As above.		Bill Gonyo
	138k	Christening program for Spruance (DDG 111). The ceremony was held at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on June 5 2010.		Robert M. Cieri
	175k	100605-N-0000G-001. Bath, Maine, June 5 2010, Ellen Spruance Holscher, from Atlanta, sponsor of the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111), celebrates after christening the ship at a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is named after Holscher's grandfather, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. With Holscher are her two daughters, Dorothy Hamilton Holscher, left, and Margaret Spruance Holscher. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works by D. Griggs.		Bill Gonyo
	221k	100605-N-0000G-002. Bath, Maine, June 5 2010, Ellen Spruance Holscher and an unidentified man break a bottle of Champaign to christen the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111), during a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Holscher is the ship's sponsor. Spruance is named after Holscher's grandfather, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works by D. Griggs.		Bill Gonyo
	221k	Bath, Maine, June 5 2010, the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111) displays her best as visitors celebrates after christening the ship at a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is named after Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works.		Bill Gonyo
	109k	PCU Spruance (DDG-111) under construction with most of the hull intact.		Bill Gonyo
	44k	Launching an SM-2 missile on Sea Trials.		Ron Reeves
	16k	PCU Spruance (DDG-111) fire aboard at Bath Iron Works, the fire started because of a malfunction in the computer that regulates the fuel, the fuel continued pumping while the engine was not firing, then ignited.		Ron Reeves
	65k	110923-N-AC979-116 Key West, FL, September 23, 2011, the guided-missile destroyer pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111) arrives at Naval Air Station Key West for its formal commissioning ceremony to be held Oct. 1. The ship, named in honor of Adm. Raymond Spruance, commander of Carrier Task Force 16 during the World War II Battle of Midway, is commanded by Cmdr. Tate Westbrook of Murfreesboro, Tenn. Spruance is the second Navy ship to bear the name and the 61st ship in the Arleigh Burke-class of Navy destroyers. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael K. McNabb.		Tony Cowart
	82k	110923-N-AC979-143, as above.		Tony Cowart
	101k	110923-N-AC979-243, as above.		Tony Cowart
	113k	Night time Commissioning at Key West, October 1 2011.		Ron Reeves
	52k	111024-N-ZC343-667. San Diego, October 24, 2011, family and friends greet Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) as the ship arrives at its new homeport at Naval Base San Diego. Spruance is the Navy's newest destroyer, commissioned Oct. 1 in Key West, Fla. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane.		Tommy Trampp
	26k	Ship's patch.		Wolfgang Hechler

CDR Westbrook    Oct 1 2011 - May 11 2012
CDR George Albert Kessler Jr.    May 11 2012 - present

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