USS John Basilone (DDG 122)

USS JOHN BASILONE will be one of the ARLEIGH BURKE Flight IIA guided missile destroyers and the second ship in the Navy named after USMC gunnery sergeant John Basilone who received the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor for his service in World War II.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: June 3, 2013
	Keel laid: January 25, 2020
	Launched: June 12, 2022
	Commissioned:
	Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
	Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
	Propellers: two
	Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters)
	Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
	Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load
	Speed: 32 knots
	Aircraft: two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters
	Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes, two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems
	Homeport:
	Crew: approx. 320

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS JOHN BASILONE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS JOHN BASILONE Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the JOHN BASILONE under construction at Bath Iron Works in Maine on September 11, 2022.

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