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Josephus Daniels: Weathering the Seas in the Cause of Peace USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG07) the second of the Belknap Class Guided Missile Cruiser and presently the lead ship of the CG-27 Class, is named after the late North Carolina journalist and Secretary of the Navy. Built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine and launched 2 December 1963, she was commissioned 8 May 1965 at the Boston Naval Shipyard. Josephus Daniels is 347 feet long with a beam of 53 feet, nine inches and a navigational depth of 30 feet. She is equippped with twin six bladed screws and a single rudder. Her full load displacement is 8,075 tons, comparable to the size of a World War II light cruiser. She uses satellite communications and navigation systems. The primary mission of Josephus Daniels is to provide anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine defense, and command and control functions for a Naval Battle Group. Secondary missions are to provide defense for surface ships and conduct shore bombardment in support of amphibious operations. To carry out her various missions, Josephus Daniels is equipped with Standard Missies, ASROC, Homing Torpedoes, one dual-purpose rapidfire 5 54 automatic gun mount, two Harpoon Surface-to-Surface missile launchers, port and starboard Vulcan Phalanxes, and can embark a LAMPS helicopter. In February 1970, Josephus Daniels deployed to the Western Pacific to operate with the Seventh Fleet. During the deployment, the ship served as Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone (PIRAZ) and South Search and Rescue (SAR) ship in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam. In the late I970 ' s, Josephus Daniels entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for an extensive one year overhaul. The installation of the Harpoon Missile System, improvement of the communications suite, installation of a new long-range Search Radar, and the improvement of various Sensor Systems were among the many alterations made to upgrade the ship ' s ability to counter modern day threats. Throughout her 22 years of service, Josephus Daniels has sailed the seas from the North Atlantic to the Caribbean-, she has crossed the equator numerous times and operated extensively in the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. She is the first U.S. Navy ship to visit the resort of Benidorm, Spain, and, on her most recent Indian Ocean deployment, her crew experienced the rare pleasure of a visit to Singapore. Daniels prides herself on her combatant stature, her readiness for a call to action. Her first rate crew expends limitless energy to make every deployment as safe and efficient as possible.
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