USS Boone

USS Boone (FFG-28) passing the Statue of Liberty, Fleet Week, New York 2002
History
United States
Name	Boone
Namesake	Vice Admiral Joel Thompson Boone, M.D.
Ordered	23 January 1978
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	27 March 1979
Launched	16 January 1980
Sponsored by	Mrs. Milton F. Heller, Jr., daughter of the late Vice Admiral Boone
Commissioned	15 May 1982
Decommissioned	23 February 2012
Homeport	Mayport Naval Station
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-28 Code letters:NBON Call sign:Comanche Trail
Motto	"Don't Tread on Me"
Honors and awards	2005 DESRON 14 Battle "E"
Fate	Sunk as target, 7 September 2022
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General characteristics
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	453 feet (138 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draft	22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
Speed	over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built: 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities	RAST

USS Boone (FFG-28) was the twentieth ship in the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided missile frigates.

The frigate was named for Vice Admiral Joel Thompson Boone, M.D. (1889–1974). FFG-28, the first U.S. ship to bear the admiral's name, was ordered 23 January 1978, launched 16 January 1980 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, and commissioned 15 May 1982. She has since earned numerous awards and commendations.^{[citation needed]}