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]

USS Arleigh Burke, lead ship of the class.
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]
Identification	Hull number: DDG-122
Motto	Honor Loyalty Sacrifice[3]
Status	Authorized
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General characteristics
Class and 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	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mk 45 naval gun 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedo 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for use of: RIM-66M Standard Missile BGM-109 Tomahawk RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

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 USS John Basilone in a ceremony held on 18 June 2022.[2]

References

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

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