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
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]
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.[3]
On March 18, 2024, the USS John Basilone DDG 122 traveled the Kennebec River to the Atlantic Ocean for four days of sea trials.
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^"USS John Basilone (DDG 122)". The Institute for Heraldry. U.S. Army. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ ab"Navy destroyer bears name of decorated Marine killed in WWII". Associated Press. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ abcde"DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ abc"Secretary Mabus Names Destroyer for Medal of Honor Recipient" (Press release). United States Navy. 16 August 2016. NNS160816-15. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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