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Line 30: \|Ship notes= }} {{~~Infobox~~Spruance class destroyer infobox ship characteristics}} ~~\|Hide header=~~ ~~\|Header caption=~~ ~~\|Ship class={{sclass\|Spruance\|destroyer}}~~ ~~\|Ship displacement={{Spruance class destroyer displacement}}~~ ~~\|Ship length={{Spruance class destroyer length}}~~ ~~\|Ship beam={{Spruance class destroyer beam}}~~ ~~\|Ship draft={{Spruance class destroyer draft}}~~ ~~\|Ship propulsion={{Spruance class destroyer propulsion}}~~ ~~\|Ship speed={{Spruance class destroyer speed}}~~ ~~\|Ship range={{Spruance class destroyer range}}~~ ~~\|Ship complement={{Spruance class destroyer complement}}~~ ~~\|Ship sensors={{Spruance class destroyer sensors}}~~ ~~\|Ship EW={{Spruance class destroyer EW}}~~ ~~\|Ship armament={{Spruance class destroyer armament VLS}}~~ ~~\|Ship aircraft={{Spruance class destroyer aircraft}}~~ ~~\|Ship notes=~~ }} \|} Line 159 ⟶ 142: ''Arthur W. Radford'' was decommissioned 18 March 2003,<ref name=Decom /> then stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 6 April 2004 and eventually assigned to the [[Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility]] at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. On 8 June 2010, the ex-''Arthur W. Radford'' was transferred to the State of [[Delaware]] for preparation for eventual sinking as an [[artificial reef]] onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef site on a project led by Captain Tim Mullane of The American Marine Group ({{coord\|38\|31\|N\|74\|31\|W \|type:landmark_region:US_dim:70 km \|display=inline,title \|notes=<ref>{{cite web \| url= http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Fisheries/Documents/2009-10%20Delaware%20reef%20guide.pdf \| title= Delaware Reef Guide 2009–2010\|publisher= Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC) \|access-date= 13 August 2011 }}</ref>}}), about {{convert\|30\|nmi\|km\|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Cape May, New Jersey]], and northeast of [[Ocean City, Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite press release \|title= Preparations for ex-USS Arthur W. Radford sinking under way \|publisher= Delaware Department of Natural Resources And Environmental Control \|date= 8 June 2010 \|url= http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/Preparations_begin_for_Radford_sinking.aspx \|access-date= 13 August 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110817224545/http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/Preparations_begin_for_Radford_sinking.aspx \|archive-date= 17 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="scuttled" /> After being scuttled on 10 August 2011, the ship became part of the largest artificial reef on the U.S. East Coast and the longest vessel to be used for this purpose in the Atlantic.<ref name="scuttled">{{cite news \|url= http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-radford-sinking-20110810,0,6608805.story \|title=Sunken destroyer will offer haven for fish, divers \|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] \|first=Candus \|last=Thomson \|date=11 August 2011 \|page=3 \|access-date= 13 August 2011 \|archive-date=5 June 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605194549/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-radford-sinking-20110810,0,6608805.story \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title=Scuba Dive USS Arthur W Radford \| url = http://www.ussarthurradford.com/ \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141222122831/http://www.ussarthurradford.com/ \|archive-date= 22 December 2014 \|access-date= 13 August 2011}}</ref> == Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines"> File:USS Arthur W Radford (DD-968) in the Med 1983.jpg\|USS ''Arthur W. Radford'' in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], 1983 File:USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD 968) arrives at Crete.jpg\|USS ''Arthur W. Radford'' arrives in [[Crete]] on 30 August 2002 File:A crewman and officer of the deck stand by on the brow of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS ALBANY (SSN 753) following the vessel's commissioning ceremony. The destroyer USS - DPLA - c33da53e923dfe53be45f4963a481b79.jpeg\|USS ''Arthur W. Radford'' behind [[USS Albany (SSN-753)\|USS Albany]] on 7 April 1990