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  • FFG-28 USS Boone

    US US Navy




    1982 to 2022    



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    Call Sign: NBON
    Shipyard: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle


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    History of US FFG-28 USS Boone

    1978-jan-23Ordered
    1979-mar-27Laid down
    1980-jan-16Launched
    1982-may-15Commissioned
    1990-aug-2AircraftAccident lost SH-60 Seahawk 162113 from HSL-46 Det 3 when it crashed into the sea, while operating from the ship.
    1996Deployment IFOR (implementation force) in Adriatic sea
    2010-jun-28Port VisitCABedford Basin Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited Halifax for MARLANT Fleet Review
    2022-aug-18Port VisitUKCampbeltown arrived by tow off Campbeltown, to be sunk as part of a SINKEX.
    2022-sep-7Fate: sunkEx Atlantic Thunder sunk in North Atlantic by HMS Westminster, her Wildcat and RAF Typhoons.

    Specifications

       

        from Oliver Hazard Perry long-hull class
    138length (m)
    2Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
    1Missile Launcher Mk 13
    1Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm
    2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm
    1Chaff and decoys AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
    1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49

    Aircraft

       

        Typical Max
    US US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 12


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    Builder

       

    US Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle,



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