Summary and Key Points: Introduced in the 1970s, the Spruance-class destroyers were designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and named after WWII Navy Admiral Raymond Spruance. Some experts ...

Unless you're a history buff, and a World War II history buff at that, you probably don't know who Raymond Spruance was. Well, Spruance was the greatest fighting admiral in the entire war.

Halsey commanded the Third Fleet, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance the Fifth. Actually, the fleets and the ships therein were the same; the designation simply changed when the commanders alternated.

The ship is named after Admiral Raymond Spruance, an aircraft carrier task force commander during the Battle of Midway in World War II. Ellen Spruance Holscher, granddaughter of the late admiral ...

Raymond Ames Spruance, who had no previous combat experience ... A fourth carrier, Hiryu, met a similar fate. The Japanese admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto, ordered his fleet to withdraw after issuing ...

Originally published by Little, Brown in 1974, The Quiet Warrior traces Raymond Spruance’s life and career through, summing it up in its title. The work paints a picture of a remarkably consistent ...

USS Spruance is the second Navy ship to bear the name Spruance in honor of Admiral Raymond Spruance who commanded Carrier Task Force 16 during the Battle of Midway in World War II. “We are ...

Summary and Key Points: Introduced in the 1970s, the Spruance-class destroyers were designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and named after WWII Navy Admiral Raymond Spruance. Some experts ...