USS Laboon

	USS Laboon on 9 February 2010
History
United States
Name	Laboon
Namesake	John Francis Laboon
Ordered	13 December 1988
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	23 March 1992
Launched	20 February 1993
Commissioned	18 March 1995
Homeport	Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 36690000; Callsign: NJFL; ; Hull number: DDG-58;
Motto	Without Fear
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t); Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t);
Length	505 ft (154 m)
Beam	59 ft (18 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × shafts
Speed	In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots; (8,100 km at 37 km/h);
Complement	33 commissioned officers; 38 chief petty officers; 210 enlisted personnel;
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPY-1D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA); AN/SPY-6(V)1 AESA 3D radar (Flight III); AN/SPS-67(V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 – DDG-118); AN/SPQ-9B surface search and fire-control radar (DDG-119 onwards); AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 – DDG-86); BridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onwards); 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar; Mk 46 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA)[1]; Mk 20 electro-optical sight system (Flight III)[2]; AN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system, consisting of:; AN/SQS-53C sonar array; AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II, IIA); TB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onwards); AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suites; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures; Mk 36 Mod 12 Decoy Launching Systems; Mk 53 Nulka Decoy Launching Systems; Mk 59 Decoy Launching Systems[3];
Armament	Guns:; 5-inch (127 mm)/54 Mk 45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun); 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun System; 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns; Missiles:; 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launcher; 1 × 29-cell, 1 × 61-cell (90 total cells) Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS):; RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile; RIM-156 Surface-to-Air Missile; 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	Flight deck can embark 1 Sikorsky MH-60R

USS Laboon (DDG-58) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Father John Francis Laboon (1921–1988), a captain in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy, who was awarded the Silver Star during World War II while serving on the submarine USS Peto.

Laboon's keel was laid down on 23 March 1992 at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. She was launched on 20 February 1993. Laboon was commissioned on 18 March 1995.

Ship's history

In the fall of 1996, she fired Tomahawk missiles at targets in Iraq, thus becoming the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to engage in combat.

In 1998, Laboon took part in NATO Exercise Dynamic Response 98, together with USS Wasp's Amphibious Ready Group.

On 12 September 2012, Laboon was ordered to the coast of Libya in what the Pentagon called a "contingency" in case a strike was ordered. This was in response to the 2012 diplomatic missions attacks.[4]

On 21 June 2015, Laboon entered the Black Sea along with the French ship Dupuy de Lôme as part of NATO's presence missions following the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[5] While in the Black Sea, Laboon participated in joint maneuvers with a Romanian Navy Rear-Admiral Eustațiu Sebastian-class corvette for two days beginning on 22 June 2015. On 27 June 2015, Laboon began a two-day visit to the Black Sea port of Batumi, Georgia to participate in training with the Coast Guard of Georgia and offer tours of the ship.[6]

On 14 April 2018, she fired seven Tomahawk missiles from a position in the Red Sea as part of a bombing campaign in retaliation for the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons against people in Douma.[7]

2023 Israel-Hamas war

On 14 October 2023, Lloyd Austin directed Dwight D. Eisenhower and her carrier strike group, which includes the cruiser Philippine Sea, along with Laboon, and sister-destroyers Mason and Gravely, to the eastern Mediterranean in response to Israel's war with Hamas.[8] This is the second carrier strike group to be sent to the region in response to the conflict, following Gerald R. Ford and her group, which was dispatched only six days earlier.[9]

Awards

Navy Unit Commendation - (2021 (IKE CSG))

References

"Mk46 MOD 1 Optical Sight System". Kollmorgen. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
Rockwell, David (2017-07-12). "The Kollmorgen/L-3 KEO Legacy". Teal Group. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
Hart, Jackie (2023-12-17). "Decoy Launch System Installed Aboard USS Ramage". www.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
"US moving Navy destroyers off coast of Libya". CNN. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
LaGrone, Sam (22 June 2015). "Destroyer USS Laboon, French Surveillance Ship Enter Black Sea". USNI News. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
"USS Laboon Missile Destroyer Visits Georgia". Georgia Today. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
Mehta, Aaron; Copp, Tara (14 April 2018). "Coalition launched 105 weapons against Syria, with none intercepted, DoD says". Military Times. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
Raddatz, Martha; Martinez, Luis (14 October 2023). "Exclusive: US to send 2nd aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean". ABC News. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
"Statement From Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Force Posture Changes in the Middle E". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

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.

External links

USS Laboon official website. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
Willshaw, Fred. "USS Laboon (DDG-58)". Destroyer Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
"DDG 58 Laboon". GlobalSecurity.org. 2005-07-21. Retrieved 2010-07-28.

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[1] "Mk46 MOD 1 Optical Sight System". Kollmorgen. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[2] Rockwell, David (2017-07-12). "The Kollmorgen/L-3 KEO Legacy". Teal Group. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.

[3] Hart, Jackie (2023-12-17). "Decoy Launch System Installed Aboard USS Ramage". www.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[4] "US moving Navy destroyers off coast of Libya". CNN. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

[5] LaGrone, Sam (22 June 2015). "Destroyer USS Laboon, French Surveillance Ship Enter Black Sea". USNI News. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[6] "USS Laboon Missile Destroyer Visits Georgia". Georgia Today. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[7] Mehta, Aaron; Copp, Tara (14 April 2018). "Coalition launched 105 weapons against Syria, with none intercepted, DoD says". Military Times. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[8] Raddatz, Martha; Martinez, Luis (14 October 2023). "Exclusive: US to send 2nd aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean". ABC News. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[9] "Statement From Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Force Posture Changes in the Middle E". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2023-10-08.