Boone (FFG 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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Been a Innp siy mnnfhq a rnming, without word that ' s real L We lates go, as the new ones now appear, We passed ttuough a great lime change, and not just the year, We ' ve seen many places, some good and some bad, Some places they were very well off, others made you sad. With a word from the shore line, we signed on the pad. To go help our neighbort d snules made us glad, rom the ice caves of combat, to the snipes rusty den of sweat, We never knew what was next, our schedule always set Our boss gave us numbers, to get home and feed our pet. The bookie wouldn ' t take the deal, they said it ' s a bogus bet, we nave tmaliy left the last port, almost to the end. The last ten days are dragging out, it ' s just around the bend. Many boys that have sailed wdth us, now are coming home as men. Soon our loved will join with us, no more talk with pad and pen. There ' s five more days to travel, across the ocean vast. Many have made this journey, back with wood and saU and mast. There ' s many a thought a brewdng, many a new life been cast. To take up where they left off, the swabbies of the past. The Troll

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{GONE is named for the late Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone, Medical Drps, United States Navy. Admiral )one was bom in St. Clair, PA, on ugust 29, 1889. He was awarded the ation ' s highest military honor, the edal of Honor, for extraordinary ;roism while serving with the Ma- les in World War 1, during which he so earned the Army Distinguished :rvice Cross and Silver Star Medal as ssistant Division Surgeon of the Sec- id Army Division. VICE ADMIRAL JOEL T. BOONE 1889-1974 USS BOONE (FFG-28) is a member of the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided mis- sile frigates. She is designed to improve the capability of surface combatants to defend non-carrier forces and conduct anti- submarine warfare in conjunction with oth- er sea control forces to ensure use of es- sential sea lines of communications. She is the product of the most thorough design and testing program for ship construction undertaken in recent years. The lead ship was completed two years before the second ship of the class, allowing full testing and modification of engineering, weapons, and command control systems before finaliza- tion of design. UNITED STATES SHIP BOONE (FFG-28) SHIP ' S CHARACTERISTICS JILT BY TODD PACDTC SHIPYARDS CORP, SEATTLE, WA EEL LAID 27 MARCH 1979 UNCHED 16 JANUARY 1980 OMMISSIONED ... 15 MAY 1982 iNGTH 454 FEET iAM 45 FEET ISPLACEMENT 4100 TONS OMPLEMENT 14 OFFICERS, 167 ENLISTED ARMAMENT MK 13 GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHER — HARPOON ANTI-SURFACE MISSILE — STANDARD ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE 76MM MK 76 RAPID FIRE GUN MK32 ASW TORPEDO TUBES MK15 MOD I PHALANX CLOSE-WEAPONS SYSTEM COMBAT SYSTEMS . . . AN SPS-49 AIR SEARCH RADAR AN SPS-55 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR MK 92 FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM AN SLQ-32 ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM AN SQS-56 DIGITAL SONAR AN SQQ-89 SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM NIXIE DECOY SYSTEM SRBOC DECOY SYSTEM NAVAL TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM