Bath-built USS Spruance Fires Tomahawk in Operation Epic Fury Targeting Iran
The Bath-built destroyer USS Spruance (DDG-111) fired a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Pentagon-designated Operation Epic Fury, a strike campaign aimed at Iranian military targets.
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Spruance (DDG-111), built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, fired a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. military video and Pentagon statements show. The action spotlights a locally built, $1 billion warship participating in CENTCOM-led strikes aimed at Iranian facilities.
A Pentagon statement reproduced by The Maine Wire said, “U.S. and partner forces began striking targets at 1:15 a.m. ET February 28 to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that posed an imminent threat,” adding that “Targets included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields.” The Pentagon attribution in that reproduction quoted Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM: “The President ordered bold action, and our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, guardians, and Coast Guardsmen are answering the call.”
U.S. Central Command media posted a short video through DVIDS titled USS Spruance (DDG 111) Fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile with Date Taken and Date Posted listed as 03.02.2026. The DVIDS entry identifies the file as Video ID 997812 and VIRIN 260302-D-D0477-2779, records the clip length as 00:00:22, and lists Location as (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION). The DVIDS caption reads, “Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) during operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Mar. 2, 2026. (U.S. Navy Video).” The DVIDS metadata shows 70 downloads of the file.
Local reaction in Sagadahoc County was visible online. The Maine Wire framed the involvement as local shipbuilding pride, writing, “Operation Epic Fury, as the Pentagon coined it, had a little help from Maine,” and used the outlet’s editorial phrase that U.S. Navy photos showed the Bath-built Spruance firing “in support of cashing out Khamenei.” Bath Iron Works remains the ship’s builder and sponsor lineage: Ellen Spruance Holscher christened the vessel; sources record the keel was laid 14 May 2009 and provide June 2010 dates for christening and launch, with commissioning in Key West on 1 October 2011.
Spruance’s ship history and technical profile underscore the local-industrial connection. The destroyer, described in public records as built at a cost of $1 billion, was the first Navy destroyer fitted with Boeing-manufactured Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System hardware and has a bridge with touch-screen controls. The ship’s operational record in recent years includes repelling a Houthi attack on 11 November 2024 that involved eight drones, five ballistic missiles and three cruise missiles, and a 22 March 2025 mission where Spruance assisted U.S. Customs and Border Protection in taking 13 people into custody.
Public materials differ on precise timing and ordnance details. The Pentagon wording cites strikes beginning at 1:15 a.m. ET February 28; a Wikipedia entry and The Maine Wire state Spruance launched Tomahawk missiles on 28 February 2026; the DVIDS caption and file metadata list Mar. 2, 2026. Sources also vary between singular and plural when describing Tomahawk launches. The number of missiles fired from Spruance and the exact facility struck are not specified in the public materials provided.
The Spruance action places Bath Iron Works-built hardware at the center of a high-profile CENTCOM operation and ties a Sagadahoc County-built vessel directly to current U.S. strike plans against Iranian military targets.
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