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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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