USS Caron (DD-970) was a Spruance-class destroyer, named for Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne M. Caron (1946–1968), who was killed in action during the Vietnam War, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

Named for: Wayne Caron. Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted. Displacement: 8040 tons. Length: 529 feet . Beam: 55 feet . Flank Speed: 32 Knots. Range: 6 000 nautical miles . Final Disposition:Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise on 4 December 2002

USS CARON (DD 970) was the eighth of a 31 SPRUANCE-class Destroyer program developed to maintain America's naval strength for the foreseeable future. CARON was designed and built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, MS.

Caron not only became the first Spruance-class destroyer to successfully qualify for the gunfire support at Bloodsworth Island, she also used an airborne spotter flying in a Light Airborne...

On 12 February 1988, the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yorktown, and the Spruance-class destroyer USS Caron, conducted an innocent passage exercise in the Black Sea. Caron passed 7.5 mi (12.1 km) off the Soviet shore, and Yorktown drew to 10.3 mi (16.6 km) offshore.

USS Caron (DD-970) was a Spruance-class destroyer, named for Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne M. Caron (1946–1968), who was killed in action during the Vietnam War, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

USS Caron (DD-970) was a Spruance-class destroyer, named for Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne M. Caron (1946–1968), who was killed in action during the Vietnam War, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

USS Caron (DD-970) was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Wayne M. Caron. In 1979 she was a target of a practice missile strike.

Caron was the first warship ever to fire Tomahawk missiles in two separate engagements when she fired twelve missiles on 17 January 1993, destroying a nuclear weapons development facility...

This information on the USS CARON comes from a variety of sources ranging from Jane's Fighting Ships to official US Naval (Department of the Navy) documents, materials from sailors and donors to our collection.