NEC MA-9501-Anti-Terrorism Training Supervisor Instructor
Base, Station or City Norfolk
State/Country Virginia
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USS Laboon (DDG-58) Details
USS Laboon honors the distinguished career of Captain John Francis "Jake" Laboon, Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy. Known to most simply as "Father Jake", he devoted his life to service to God, Country, and the Navy. His courage and genuine concern for all his shipmates was then, is now, and will forever remain an extraordinary example for young Sailors and Marines everywhere.
Keel Laid: March 23, 1992
Christened: February 20, 1993
Commissioned: March 18, 1995
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two five bladed propellers
Length: 505 feet
Beam: 67 feet
Draft: 30 feet
Displacement: approx. 8,300 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: None. But LAMPS 3 electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG/helicopter ASW operations
Armament: two Mk 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk; Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun, two Phalanx CIWS, Mk 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts)
Homeport: Norfolk, VA
Crew: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted