USS John Basilone
_steams_through_the_Mediterranean_Sea.jpg) USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), lead ship of the class.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS John Basilone |
| Namesake | John Basilone |
| Awarded | 3 June 2013 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Status | Authorized |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck, Hangar bay |
USS John Basilone (DDG-122) is a planned United States Navy Template:Sclass- Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 72nd overall for the class. The ship will be named for United States Marine Corps Gunnery sergeant John Basilone, who received the nation's highest military award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroism during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II.[1] Basilone was the only enlisted Marine to receive both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross in World War II.[1]
This is the second United States Navy vessel to be named after Basilone.[1] The first, USS Basilone (DD-824), was a Template:Sclass- commissioned in 1949 and decommissioned in 1977.
References
- ^ a b c "Secretary Mabus Names Destroyer for Medal of Honor Recipient" (Press release). Navy News Service. 16 August 2016. NNS160816-15. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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