USS "Nicholson" (DD-982), a "Spruance"-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a family which was prominent in early American naval history, including James Nicholson, the senior Continental Navy Captain, and Samuel Nicholson, the first captain of USS "Constitution".

Can we draw the following conclusion?
DD-982 was a destroyer

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Yes