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U.S.S. JOSEPHUS DANIELS
(CG-27)KNIGHTS OF THE NEW ERA
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The USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27), a Belknap-class guided missile cruiser, was commissioned on 8 MAY 1965. Built at the Bath Iron works in Bath, Maine, USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS spent her career with the Atlantic Fleet with the exception of a deployment to the Far East - Vietnam in 1970. JOSEPHUS DANIELS made an assortment of North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Caribbean, UNITAS and Indian Ocean deployments during her career. USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS served her country for 28 years, 8 months and 13 days, until decommissioned on 21 JAN 1994. The hulk of JOSEPHUS DANIELS was scrapped in 2000.
The USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
CG-27 Deployments - Major Events
Add a CG-27 Shellback Initiation | Add a CG-27 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1962 | - | Keel Date: 23 APR 1962 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
DEC | 1963 | - | Launch Date: 2 DEC 1963 | ||
MAY | 1965 | - | Commissioned: 8 MAY 1965 | ||
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1968 | Shellback |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1968 | UNITAS |
JUN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | UNITAS |
JUN | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | UNITAS |
AUG | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1968 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
AUG | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1968 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
OCT | 1969 | - | NOV | 1969 | Guantanamo Bay |
NOV | 1969 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | West Pac |
JAN | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | West Pac |
APR | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1970 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAY | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1970 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAY | 1970 | - | OCT | 1970 | West Pac |
MAY | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1973 | - | JUL | 1973 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 FEB 1974 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | Mediterranean |
DEC | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
JUL | 1976 | - | FEB | 1977 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 FEB 1977 - Indian Ocean | ||
FEB | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 FEB 1977 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1977 | - | APR | 1978 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 FEB 1978 - Indian Ocean | ||
FEB | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 FEB 1978 - Indian Ocean | ||
OCT | 1978 | - | SEP | 1979 | Regular Overhaul |
JAN | 1979 | - | DEC | 1979 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
JAN | 1980 | - | MAR | 1980 | Guantanamo Bay |
MAR | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUN 1980 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUL | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1981 | - | APR | 1981 | Caribbean |
JAN | 1982 | - | JUL | 1982 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
MAR | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 MAR 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 MAR 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
OCT | 1984 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 OCT 1984 - Indian Ocean | ||
NOV | 1984 | - | NOV | 1984 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
AUG | 1985 | - | AUG | 1985 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
AUG | 1985 | - | AUG | 1985 | Antarctic Circle |
DEC | 1985 | - | JUN | 1986 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1988 | - | JAN | 1989 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
AUG | 1988 | - | FEB | 1989 | Persian Gulf |
JUL | 1990 | - | JAN | 1991 | UNITAS |
AUG | 1990 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 AUG 1990 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1990 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 AUG 1990 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1993 | - | SEP | 1993 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1994 | - | Decommissioned: 21 JAN 1994 |
CG-27 General Specifications
Complement: 418 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 7930 tons
Length: 547 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Draft: 28.8feet
Flank Speed: 30 knots
USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27)
Josephus Daniels was laid down 23 April 1962 by Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath Maine; launched 2 December 1963 sponsored by Mrs. Robert M. Woronoff and Mrs. Clyde R. Rich Jr. granddaughters of Josephus Daniels; and commissioned 8 May 1965 C aptain Harry A. Cummings in command.
The guided missile frigate
based at Norfolk
Va.
cruises as a unit of Cruiser-Destroyer Force
U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Josephus Daniels operated off the Fast Coast until departing the Virginia Capes 9 December for the Mediterranean. She operated wit
h the 6th Fleet
a force of peace and stability in the volatile Middle East
until returning home in the spring of 1967.
[Note: The above USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]