USS John Basilone

USS John Basilone (DDG-122) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. 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]

NameJohn Basilone

NamesakeJohn Basilone

Awarded3 June 2013

BuilderBath Iron Works

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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[1]
Launched	12 June 2022
Sponsored by	Ryan Manion Amy Looney
Christened	18 June 2022[2]
Commissioned	9 November 2024
Home port	Mayport, Florida
Identification	Hull number: DDG-122
Motto	Honor Loyalty Sacrifice[3]
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)[4]
Length	513 ft (156 m)[4]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[4]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[4]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[4]
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 in (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

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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 18 March 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 9 November 2024.^[7][8][9]