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USS STUMP (DD-978)


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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. August 22 1975.
Launched March 21 1977 and commissioned August 19 1978.
Decommissioned on October 22 2004.
Fate: Sunk as a target June 7 2006.

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Stump 84kPhoto #: NH 97232. Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson with Admiral Felix B. Stump on board the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39), at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 23 November 1953. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Bill Gonyo
Stump 30kUndated, location unknown.-
Stump 73kUndated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.Mike Smolinski
Stump 189kCirca 1977, Passenger Ship Terminal mid-town New York City on the Hudson River.Ed Zajkowski/Robert Valdez
Stump 46kNorth Atlantic April 30 1983.Marc Piché
Stump 154kDN-SC-85-09116. February 20 1985, an aerial starboard bow view of the Spruance-class destroyer USS Stump (DD 978) underway as a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter approaches the helicopter deck during an in-flight refueling operation. The CH-53E is from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM-12) "Sea Dragons". U.S. Navy photo by PH1 D.E. Erickson.Robert M. Cieri
Stump 109kDN-ST-88-03644. The Mark 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launcher on the stern of the destroyer USS STUMP (DD 978). Photo by Malcom Muir, January 1 1988.Bill Gonyo
Stump 130kDN-SC-90-04015. Officers and crew watch from their underway replenishment stations aboard the destroyer USS STUMP (DD 978) as their ship takes on fuel from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Photo by PH2 Gary Bonaccorso, February 26 1988.Bill Gonyo
Stump 74kMediterranean Sea, March 2 1988, a starboard bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19) underway. Also visible is the frigate USS PAUL (FF-1080), the destroyer USS Stump (DD-978), the frigate USS Capodanno (FF-1093) and the guided missile destroyer USS Luce (DDG-38).Fred Weiss
Stump 55kNew Orleans March 1991.Marc Piché
Stump 77kIn Norfolk September 3 1991.Marc Piché
Stump 73kIn Norfolk September 3 1991.Marc Piché
Stump 144kChesapeake Bay. April 1992.Joe Radigan
Stump 75kBoston, MA May 21 1992.Joe Radigan
Stump 289kExercises at Fort Story, Virginia, in June 1994Ocean Park Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Virginia Beach VA
Stump 43kNorfolk March 3 2000.Marc Piché
Stump 93k001128-N-6097C-502 Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia November 28 2000, the destroyer USS Stump (DD 978) departs from the piers at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, VA. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Leland Comer.Bill Gonyo
Stump 65kUSS Stump DD 978 entering Gibraltar on 10th May 2001.© Daniel Ferro
Stump 34kStump as a target during SINKEX 2006.Joe Gardella
Stump 32kAs above.Joe Gardella
Stump 18kAs above.Joe Gardella
Stump 22kAs above.Joe Gardella
Stump 24kAs above.Joe Gardella
Stump 100kShip's patchMike Smolinski

USS STUMP DD-978 History
Note: History is unavailable at this time
This ship was built too late to be covered by the DANFS project

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Carl A. Anderson    Aug 19 1978 - JUl 30 1980
CDR William Andrew Retz    Jul 30 1980 - Sep 27 1982 (Later RADM)
CDR Thomas Joseph Lopez    Sep 27 1982 - Oct 29 1984 (Later VADM)
CDR Joseph W. Perrotta Jr.    Oct 29 1984 - Feb 27 1987
CDR Constantine L. Xefteris    Feb 27 1987 - Apr 7 1989
CDR Drew Wentz Beasley    Apr 7 1989 - Aug 3 1991
CDR Robert T. Murphy    Aug 3 1991 - Apr 30 1993
CDR Leonard W. Wildemann III    Apr 30 1993 - Jan 27 1995
CDR Thomas Samuel Kennedy    Jan 27 1995 - Dec 7 1996
CDR Gregory Steven Cruze    Dec 7 1996 - Sep 12 1998
CDR Roger Wayne Coldiron    Sep 12 1998 - Feb 18 2000
CDR John Basil Read III    Feb 18 2000 - Jul 27 2001
CDR Anthony Henry Dropp    Jul 27 2001 - Jun 8 2003
CDR Thomas Peter Snyder    Jun 8 2003 - Oct 22 2004

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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