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| |Ship caption=USS ''Elliot'' at sea in support of Operation Desert Storm Circa 1991 | |||
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| {{Infobox ship career | |||
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| |Ship country=United States | |||
| |Ship flag={{USN flag|2003}} | |||
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| |Ship ordered=1 January 1971 | |||
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| |Ship laid down=15 October 1973 | |||
| |Ship launched=19 December 1974 | |||
| |Ship acquired=1 December 1976 | |||
| |Ship commissioned=22 January 1977 | |||
| |Ship decommissioned=2 December 2003 | |||
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| |Ship struck=6 April 2004 | |||
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| |Ship motto=''Courage, Honor, Integrity'' | |||
| |Ship fate=*Sunk as a target, | |||
| *25 June 2005 | |||
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| |Ship class={{sclass|Spruance|destroyer}} | |||
| |Ship displacement={{Spruance class destroyer displacement}} | |||
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| |Ship sensors={{Spruance class destroyer sensors}} | |||
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| |Ship armament={{Spruance class destroyer armament VLS}} | |||
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| '''USS ''Elliot'' (DD-967)''' was a {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer}} in the ]. Built by the ] Division of ] at ], the ship was named for Lieutenant Commander ], USN (1933–1968), who as commanding officer of Patrol Boat River Squadron 57, was killed in action in the ] on 29 December 1968. | |||
| == 1977 – 1981 == | |||
| ''Elliot'' got underway on 24 January 1977 for her maiden voyage, transiting from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to ], via the ]. She was assigned to the ] as a unit of ] (DesRon 9), under the administrative control of ] and ]. After arrival, ''Elliot'' conducted five weeks of shakedown training and participated in a combat exercise. Following these evolutions, she returned to her builders for a post shakedown yard availability. | |||
| After leaving the yard, ''Elliot'' sailed to ] arriving on 25 August. Neighboring ] was the hometown of the sailor for whom the ship was named. During a four-day stay, the ship hosted several thousand guests and embarked 650 guests for a six-hour guest cruise. On 24 September ''Elliot'' reported to ] for a six-month restricted yard availability during which her NATO ] and ] systems were installed. | |||
| On 1 August 1978 ''Elliot'' shifted from the operational command of Destroyer Squadron Nine to ] (DesRon 31). ''Elliot'' departed for her first deployment, a seven-month Western Pacific tour, on 21 February 1979 as ] of DesRon 31 in company with the ] {{USS|Ranger|CVA-61|2}}. On 31 March, ''Elliot'' departed ], Philippines with ''Ranger'', for operations in the ]. Less than a week later, ''Elliot'' was transiting the ] in lead of ''Ranger'' when the carrier was involved in a collision with the oil tanker M/V ''Fortune'' resulting in the carrier having to return to Subic Bay for repairs. ''Elliot'' arrived in ] on 12 April. ''Elliot'' then joined a battle group centered around {{USS|Midway|CV-41|2}} and participated in operations in the ] to maintain a U.S. military presence in the area. ''Elliot'' returned to Subic Bay on 15 June. ''Elliot'' was awarded the ] for Indian Ocean contingency operations. ''Elliot'' arrived back at her homeport from her first deployment on 9 September 1979. Also notable on this deployment was ''Elliot'' tailing ] carrier ] for five days of observation of operations. | |||
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| ''Elliot'' began her second deployment in 1980. On 23 January 1981, ''Elliot'' suffered a main bearing casualty resulting in one of her ] engines having to be replaced. This replacement was completed at Subic Bay in 2 days. On 21 April ''Elliot'' encountered the first of several refugee boats. Over the next eight days ''Elliot'' picked up 158 refugees for which the crew was awarded the ]. Port visits on this deployment included stops in ], ], ], ], ], Philippines, Japan, and ]. She returned from this deployment on 23 May. | |||
| == 1981 – 1985 == | |||
| On 1 June 1981 ''Elliot'' was transferred to ]. ''Elliot'' reported to ] in ] on 17 August for the first private sector overhaul ever conducted of a ''Spruance''-class destroyer. Among other refurbishments and installations during this overhaul ''Elliot'' received an SLQ-32(V)2 electronic warfare system. ''Elliot'' completed overhaul on 30 April 1982. She returned to her homeport of ] on 21 May. On 1 July ''Elliot'' was reassigned from DesRon 21 to ]. | |||
| ''Elliot'' departed San Diego, California on 13 April 1983 for the third deployment of her career. Port visits on this deployment included stops in Hawaii, Philippines, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Guam and Hong Kong. On 31 July, a small boat was spotted by the forward lookout. A total of 68 ]ese ] were subsequently rescued and were turned over to state officials in Subic Bay. ''Elliot'' was again awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal for her rescue operation. During August, ''Elliot'' endured being at sea through the combined forces of two typhoons, though no significant damage resulted. On 1 September, ''Elliot'' departed ], Japan on four hours' notice, to respond to the downing of ]. ''Elliot'' steamed at 32 knots (60 km/h) for a thousand miles (1,900 km) | |||
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| and arrived approximately 48 hours later, the first Allied ship on station. "Elliot" remained on scene until 14 September along with other units of Allied nations (U.S., Korea, Japan). During the tense days immediately after the downing, "Elliot" encountered some thirty-two Soviet ships in the SAS area, most of which were men-of-war. "Elliot" and all Soviet combatant ships were at a continuous state of General Quarters (Battle Stations), with deck weapons ready to fire. ''Elliot'' returned from her third deployment on 18 November 1983. | |||
| On 27 January 1984, ''Elliot'' conducted a safe weapons offload at the ]. Shortly after departing this facility, ''Elliot'' struck a subsurface obstruction in the Seal Beach channel, causing some limited damage to the underwater hull and the starboard propeller. On 2 February, ''Elliot'' commenced a planned three month selected repair availability (SRA) period in San Diego. On 30 April, ''Elliot'' proceeded to the ] facilities in ] for repairs to her starboard propeller and sonar dome. In May, ''Elliot'' shifted operational command to ]. In October, ''Elliot'' participated in ] '84 festivities with 18 other ships in ]. ''Elliot'' hosted more than 10,000 visitors during this event. | |||
| == 1985 – 2003 == | |||
| On 10 July 1985, ''Elliot'' departed on her fourth deployment as part of the {{USS|New Jersey|BB-62|2}} battle group. Port visits on this deployment included stops in Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Philippines, ], and Hong Kong. In mid-September ''Elliot'' was engaged in an exercise with ] ships. During the exercise, ''Elliot'' rendered on-scene assistance to the {{USS|Darter|SS-576|2}} which was disabled during a collision with the merchant ship ''Kansas Getty''. On 1 December ''Elliot'' departed Subic Bay in company with the {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|2}} battle group for transit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii arriving on 12 December. ''Elliot'' returned to her San Diego homeport on 21 December, ending her fourth deployment. | |||
| In May 1986 ''Elliot'' began a two-month selected repair availability which included installation of flight deck modifications necessary to support LAMPS Mk III helicopter operations. On 11 October ''Elliot'' arrived at San Francisco to participate in Fleet Week '87 | |||
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| In January 1987, ''Elliot'' departed on her fifth deployment. Highlights off this deployment included operations in the ]. | |||
| ''Elliot'' received a major overhaul in the 1988 / 1989 time frame, receiving, among other things, VLS, Phalanx CIWS, new TACAN and an upgraded Sea Sparrow system including MK 23 TAS radar. | |||
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| ''Elliot'' departed San Diego on 9 September 1989 to participate in PACEX-89, said to be the largest major naval exercise in the Pacific since the close of World War II.<ref name="USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) History">{{cite web| last=| first=| title=U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70) History| work=| publisher=]| date=| url=http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn70/Pages/history.aspx| accessdate=2011-07-18}}</ref><ref name="Command History 1989, USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">{{cite web| last=| first=| title=Command history 1989, USS Enterprise (CVN-65)| work=| publisher=]| date=| url=http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/e/cvn-65/1989.pdf| accessdate=2011-07-18}}</ref>''Elliot's'' course took it north to the ], then on to the ], the northwest Pacific, ], and the ]. ''Elliot'' made its sole port stop at Sasebo, Japan before returning home on 9 November 1989. During PACEX-89, ''Elliot'' conducted joint operations with other units of the Pacific Fleet as well as elements of the ]. ''Elliot'' and its battlegroup were also overflown by two Soviet ] Bear D reconnaissance aircraft. Another highlight was the group photograph ''Elliot'' participated in as one of fifty ships gathered in formation. | |||
| ''Elliot'' departed San Diego for WestPac-90 on 1 February 1990 as part of the {{USS|Carl Vinson|CVN-70}} Carrier Battlegroup "Charlie." Ports visited included ], Hawaii; ], Korea; ], Philippines; Singapore; ], Thailand; Diego Garcia, ]; ], Oman; ]; and Hong Kong. ''Elliot'' also participated in ] 1990 exercises with the South Korean military. | |||
| While transiting the ] on 20 April 1990, ''Elliot'' rescued 35 Vietnamese refugees left adrift in a derelict boat and claiming to be the victims of pirates. ''Elliot's'' captain, CDR Timothy LaFleur, made the determination to embark the refugees and scuttle their boat. After the refugees were fed and clothed (many in clothes donated by crewmembers), ''Elliot'' turned them over to a representative of the ] in Singapore on 21 April. | |||
| ''Elliot'' returned from deployment on 1 August 1990, one day before ] ''Elliot'' then entered the ] yards on 9 September 1990 and remained there until 17 December, thus spending the majority of the ] on the sidelines. | |||
| ''Elliot'' deployed for WestPac-91 on 31 July 1991 with COMDESRON 17 embarked. Port visits were made to Pearl Harbor; Subic Bay; ], Thailand; ]; Oman; ], ]; and Hong Kong. On 21 October, while deployed off the coast of ], ''Elliot'' was alerted by the French ] ship ''Le Berry'' to the presence of a drifting Iraqi LUGM-145 mine approximately 12 nm offshore from Kuwait's ] port. ] Mobile Unit One, Detachment 31 team members were flown in from Bahrain. With the assistance of ''Elliot's'' air detachment the mine was safely detonated, resulting in a plume of water hundreds of feet tall. ''Elliot'' spent the ] holiday in Hong Kong before returning to San Diego on 20 January 1992. | |||
| ''Elliot'' reported to Southwest Marine Shipyard, San Diego in May 1992 for a yard period where she remained until August. On 16 November ''Elliot'' departed San Diego for a five-week counter ]s cruise. This cruise included a port stop in ], Mexico. ''Elliot'' returned from this cruise on 21 December. | |||
| In June 1993, ''Elliot'' arrived in ] for the ]. On 9 July ''Elliot'' departed San Diego for her next deployment. Port visits on this deployment included Hawaii, Guam, Singapore, ], Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Australia, and ]. By late August, ''Elliot'' was operating off the coast of ]. ''Elliot'' continued operating in this region into November, serving as anti-air warfare commander and ] force over-the-horizon track coordinator for portions of this time period. She also frequently conducted contingency strike operations exercises. During these operations, ''Elliot'' participated in boardings of merchant vessels in support of ] resolutions. | |||
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| <!-- More history is still needed here. This was all I could find from her own website archives as of April, 2005 --Gcashman --> | |||
| ''Elliot'' operated out of San Diego, ] until she was decommissioned on 2 December 2003. | |||
| ==Fate== | |||
| The decommissioned ''Elliot'' and {{USS|William H. Standley|DLG-32|2}} were sunk off the eastern coast of Australia as part of ], ''Elliot'' on 22 June 2005 and ''William H. Standley'' on 23 June 2005. ''Elliot'' is now an ] resting at a depth of 4,551 ]s (27,306 feet; 8,323 meters) in the ], located at {{Coord|24|43|S|155|50|E|display=inline}}, or roughly 100 nautical miles (185 km) east of ], ], Australia.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} | |||
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