In late November 1982 Harry W. Hill was detached from the USS Enterprise battlegroup to shadow the Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk, which was transiting the Indian Ocean for her first deployment to the Far East, a matter of considerable interest to U.S. planners. As such, Enterprise assigned two intelligence specialists to Harry W. Hill to help in tracking the Russians. Harry W. Hill rejoined the battlegroup on 19–20 January 1983.
Harry W. Hill deployed as part of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, part of the 1990-1991 Gulf War. On 14 January 1991, she collided with the Wichita class replenishment oiler USS Kansas City while conducting underway replenishment operations in the Gulf of Oman. There were no personnel casualties or injuries reported.
In 1994, Harry W. Hill was significantly damaged during a maneuver to re-float her and exit a dry dock. In the incident, she was caught by a gust of wind which caused the ship to smash into the dry dock. One of the steel wire control lines intended to control the ship parted, seriously injuring two crewmen in the process. The ship sustained damage to her rudders, screws, and controllable prop pitch systems.
She was based at San Diego for much of her career. Harry W. Hill was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy List on 29 May 1998. She was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2004 on 15 July 2004.
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USS Harry W. Hill leaving San Diego in December 1984
USS Harry W. Hill on 8 June 1991
Jay L. Johnson and crewmember aboard USS Harry W. Hill on 24 December 1997
A sailor from the USS Harry W. Hill' returning from a deployment on 8 June 1991
harry, hill, named, admiral, harry, hill, spruance, class, destroyer, built, ingalls, shipbuilding, division, litton, industries, pascagoula, mississippi, historyunited, statesnameharry, hillnamesakeharry, hillordered15, january, 1975builderingalls, shipbuildi. USS Harry W Hill DD 986 named for Admiral Harry W Hill USN was a Spruance class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula Mississippi USS Harry W HillHistoryUnited StatesNameHarry W HillNamesakeHarry W HillOrdered15 January 1975BuilderIngalls ShipbuildingLaid down1 April 1977Launched10 August 1978Acquired29 October 1979Commissioned17 November 1979Decommissioned29 May 1998Stricken29 May 1998IdentificationCallsign NPFS Hull number DD 986MottoSpeed Surprise SuccessFateSunk as target 15 July 2004BadgeGeneral characteristicsClass and typeSpruance class destroyerDisplacement8 040 long tons full loadLength529 ft 161 m waterline 563 ft 172 m overallBeam55 ft 16 8 m Draft29 ft 8 8 m Propulsion4 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 2 shafts 80 000 shp 60 MW Speed32 5 knots 60 2 km h 37 4 mph Range6 000 nautical miles 11 000 km 6 900 mi at 20 knots 37 km h 23 mph 3 300 nautical miles 6 100 km 3 800 mi at 30 knots 56 km h 35 mph Complement19 officers 315 enlistedSensors and processing systemsAN SPS 40 air search radar AN SPG 60 fire control radar AN SPS 55 surface search radar AN SPQ 9 gun fire control radar Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar AN SPS 65 Missile fire control radar AN SQS 53 bow mounted Active sonar AN SQR 19 TACTAS towed array Passive sonar Naval Tactical Data SystemElectronic warfare amp decoysAN SLQ 32 Electronic Warfare System AN SLQ 25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System AN SLQ 49 Inflatable DecoysArmament2 x 5 in 127 mm 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 x 8 cell ASROC launcher removed 1 x 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher 2 x quadruple Harpoon missile canisters 2 x Mark 32 triple 12 75 in 324 mm torpedo tubes Mk 46 torpedoes 2 quadruple Armored Box Launcher ABL Mark 43 Tomahawk missile launchers 6 Ships Aircraft carried2 Sikorsky SH 60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters Contents 1 History 1 1 Fate 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp USS Harry W Hill on 15 October 1982In late November 1982 Harry W Hill was detached from the USS Enterprise battlegroup to shadow the Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk which was transiting the Indian Ocean for her first deployment to the Far East a matter of considerable interest to U S planners As such Enterprise assigned two intelligence specialists to Harry W Hill to help in tracking the Russians Harry W Hill rejoined the battlegroup on 19 20 January 1983 Harry W Hill deployed as part of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm part of the 1990 1991 Gulf War On 14 January 1991 she collided with the Wichita class replenishment oiler USS Kansas City while conducting underway replenishment operations in the Gulf of Oman There were no personnel casualties or injuries reported In 1994 Harry W Hill was significantly damaged during a maneuver to re float her and exit a dry dock In the incident she was caught by a gust of wind which caused the ship to smash into the dry dock One of the steel wire control lines intended to control the ship parted seriously injuring two crewmen in the process The ship sustained damage to her rudders screws and controllable prop pitch systems Harry W Hill was the only Spruance class destroyer not to receive the armored box launchers nor the Mark 41 vertical launch system for firing Tomahawk cruise missiles Fate edit She was based at San Diego for much of her career Harry W Hill was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy List on 29 May 1998 She was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2004 on 15 July 2004 Gallery edit nbsp USS Harry W Hill leaving San Diego in December 1984 nbsp USS Harry W Hill on 8 June 1991 nbsp Jay L Johnson and crewmember aboard USS Harry W Hill on 24 December 1997 nbsp A sailor from the USS Harry W Hill returning from a deployment on 8 June 1991See also editList of destroyers of the United States NavyExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Harry W Hill DD 986 Naval Vessel Register entry for Harry W Hill navsite de USS Harry W Hill Photo Page 1 webpage Photo Page 2 webpage nbsp This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States Armed Forces is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Harry W Hill amp oldid 1161920709, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
