USS Comte De Grasse (DD-974)

USS Comte De Grasse (DD-974) was a Spruance-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in 1978. Named after French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, the ship served primarily in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, participating in numerous NATO exercises and supporting fleet operations during the Cold War. Throughout its career, Comte De Grasse was involved in operations such as Desert Storm and various counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean. The destroyer was decommissioned in 1998 and later sunk as a target during a naval exercise in 2006.