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USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG/CG-27)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Zulu - Kilo


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
CLASS - BELKNAP
Displacement 5,340 Tons, Dimensions, 547' (oa) x 54' 10" x 29' (Max)
Armament 1 Terrier/ASROC (60 Missiles) 1 x 5"/54RF, 2 x 3"/50, 6 x12.75" TT.
Machinery, 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 400.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 23 APR 1962 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Launched 02 DEC 1963
Commissioned 08 MAY 1965
Reclassified CG-27 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 22 JAN 1994
Stricken 22 JAN 1994
Fate Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX. Scrapping completed 08 NOV 1999.

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

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Belknap 398k USS Josephus Daniels and USS Belknap under construction at Bath Iron Works in 1964. Official © Bath Iron Works Image
Josephus Daniels 28k (Very Small) Port bow view. USN
Josephus Daniels 128k Port Quarter, View from the waterline. USN
Josephus Daniels 100k Seen here at Boston Naval Shipyard, June 1965. Richard Leonhardt.
Josephus Daniels
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96k

Port bow view while underway in 1965, location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

Robert Hurst
Josephus Daniels
04010561
177k USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) conduction a highline transfer with the USS Josephus Daniels (DLG-27) in the South China Sea during 1970. Taken from the USS Bausell (DD-845}. STGC Lee Noland, USN (Ret.)
Josephus Daniels 94k Starboard side to, Barcelona, Spain, on March 20, 1978. Note that the ship is still fitted with 3"/50 guns and SPS-43 radar. Fabio Peña
Josephus Daniels 62k A port side view of the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27), 1978. Naval Photographic Center. EMC(SW) Brian Kroenung
Josephus Daniels 72k Port quarter view, Barcelona, Spain, July 18, 1981. This photo shows the ship's mid-life appearance, with SPS-49 radar on the after mack and quad Harpoon canisters replacing the original 3"/50 guns, but prior to the installation of Phalanx and SLQ-32 ECM system. Fabio Peña
Josephus Daniels 58k Starboard bow view, Barcelona, Spain, July 18, 1981. This photo shows the ship's mid-life appearance, with SPS-49 radar on the after mack and quad Harpoon canisters replacing the original 3"/50 guns, but prior to the installation of Phalanx and SLQ-32 ECM system. Fabio Peña
Josephus Daniels 62k Starboard side view, Barcelona, Spain, July 18, 1981. This photo shows the ship's mid-life appearance, with SPS-49 radar on the after mack and quad Harpoon canisters replacing the original 3"/50 guns, but prior to the installation of Phalanx and SLQ-32 ECM system. Fabio Peña
Byrd
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111k

An aerial port view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the replenishment oiler USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6), the guided missile destroyer USS Richard D. Byrd (DDG-23) and the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) underway. The ships are part of Carrier Group Eight. Photo by PH1 R. Beno, February 5 1987.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-SC-87-03840

Bill Gonyo
Josephus Daniels
04012710
50k

Sailors man the rails aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) as the ship enters port during Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries. Photo by PH1 Michael D.P. Flynn, 01 January 1990.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-91-06114

Bill Gonyo
Josephus Daniels
04012711
57k

Sailors man the rails as officers stand beneath the Standard SM-2 ER missiles in the Mark 10 launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27). Photo by PH1 Michael Flynn, January 1 1990.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-91-06120

Bill Gonyo
Josephus Daniels
04012715
46k

A Safety Observer communicates with the Missile House while the Mark 10 launcher is excercised aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27). Photo by PH1 Michael Flynn, January 1 1990. Photo by PH1 Michael Flynn, 01 January 1990.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-91-06124

Bill Gonyo
Hayler
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98k

The destroyer USS Hayler (DD-997) and the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) lie at anchor while visiting a port during Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries. Photo by PH1 Michael Flynn, January 1 1990.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-91-06195

Bill Gonyo
Josephus Daniels
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50k

Torpedoman's Mate 1st Class Hans D. Defor performs maintenance on the Mark 32 torpedo tubes aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) as the ship is underway during Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and nine South American nations. Photo by PH1 Michael Flynn, 01 January 1990.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-91-06104

Bill Gonyo
Josephus Daniels
04012712
70k

A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) underway in the Straits of Magellan during Unitas XXXI, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Photo by PH1 Michael Flynn, 01 July 1990.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-SC-92-03067

Bill Gonyo
Josephus Daniels
04012713
60k

LT Robert Watts mans the rails with his division aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) after the ship passes under the Bridge of the Americas. The cruiser is one of five U.S. Navy ships taking part in Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Photo by PH1 Michael Flynn, 01 July 1990.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-91-06113

Bill Gonyo

USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG/CG-27) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Randy Mink
Address: 2636 Hwy 370, Baldwyn, MS 38824
Phone: (662) 365-3601
E-mail: rkmink@hotmail.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
USS Josephus Daniels (DLG/CG-27) webpage

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