USS Spruance (DDG-111) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Spruance is the second ship to be named for Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), who commanded American naval forces at the Battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea. He was later Ambassador to the Philippines. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 2009. She was christened by the admiral's granddaughter, Ellen Spruance Holscher, on 5 June 2010 in Bath, Maine at Bath Iron Works, where the ship was built at a cost of $1 billion. The completed ship left Bath on 1 September 2011 for her commissioning in Key West, Florida on 1 October 2011.
The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5), left, and the guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), right, conduct a replenishment at sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) 140624-N-HU377-089
The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5), right, and the guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), left, conduct a replenishment at sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) 140624-N-HU377-063
USS Spruance deploys 131016-N-DH124-036
The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) prepares to pull alongside the fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), not shown, in the Pacific Ocean during a replenishment at sea June 24, 2014 140624-N-YW024-176
The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 25, 2014, to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 140625-N-WF272-017
The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 25, 2014, to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 140625-N-WF272-023
USS Spruance arrived in Muara, Brunei on 14 February 2014
The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) changes course while moving into formation during a photo exercise June 23, 2014, in the Pacific Ocean 140623-N-AQ172-200
The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), right, performs a replenishment at sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) during Trident Fury 2013 in the Pacific Ocean 130507-N-QY316-104
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111)