USS John Basilone

	PCU John Basilone on 8 April 2024
History
United States
Name	John Basilone
Namesake	John Basilone
Awarded	3 June 2013
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	10 January 2020
Launched	12 June 2022
Sponsored by	Ryan Manion; Amy Looney;
Christened	18 June 2022
Commissioned	9 November 2024
Homeport	Mayport, Florida
Identification	Hull number: DDG-122
Motto	Honor Loyalty Sacrifice
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)
Length	513 ft (156 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns:; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun); 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system; 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns; Missiles:; 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):; RIM-66M surface-to-air missile; RIM-156 surface-to-air missile; RIM-174A standard ERAM; RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile; RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed); BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile; RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC; Torpedoes:; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:; Mark 46 lightweight torpedo; Mark 50 lightweight torpedo; Mark 54 lightweight torpedo;
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

USS John Basilone (DDG-122) is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke–class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The 72nd ship in the class, she is named for United States Marine Corps Gunnery sergeant John Basilone, who received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for valor, for actions during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific War.^[5] Basilone was the only enlisted Marine to receive both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross during World War II.^[5]

This is the second US Navy vessel to be named after Basilone, the first being USS Basilone (DD-824), a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned in 1949 and decommissioned in 1977.^[5] The Navy christened PCU John Basilone in a ceremony held on 18 June 2022.^[2]

On March 18, 2024, the ship traveled the Kennebec River to the Atlantic Ocean for four days of sea trials. She was delivered to the US Navy in July 2024 by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works^[6] and was commissioned in New York City on November 9 2024.^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of Future USS John Basilone (DDG 122)" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Navy destroyer bears name of decorated Marine killed in WWII". Associated Press. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "USS John Basilone (DDG 122)". The Institute for Heraldry. U.S. Army. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Secretary Mabus Names Destroyer for Medal of Honor Recipient" (Press release). United States Navy. 16 August 2016. NNS160816-15. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "Bath Iron Works delivers USS John Basilone to US Navy". www.workboat.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "Navy commissions destroyer USS John Basilone, named for legendary Marine and Medal of Honor recipient". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "A Living Legacy, USS John Basilone (DDG 122) Commissions". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "USS John Basilone Commissioned". MarineLink. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

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