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USS Boone (FFG-28)



         


USS Boone (FFG-28), twentieth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Vice Admiral Dr. Joel Thompson Boone (1889-1974). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Boone was laid down 27 March 1979, launched 16 January 1980, and commissioned 15 May 1982. As of June 2003 she remains active, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and homeported at Mayport, FL.

Boone (FFG-28) is the first ship of that name in the US Navy.


Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
United States Navy
Oliver Hazard Perry | McInerney | Wadsworth | Duncan | Clark | George Philip | Samuel Eliot Morison | Sides | Estocin | Clifton Sprague | John A. Moore | Antrim | Flatley | Fahrion | Lewis B. Puller | Jack Williams | Copeland | Gallery | Mahlon S. Tisdale | Boone | Stephen W. Groves | Reid | Stark | John L. Hall | Jarrett | Aubrey Fitch | Underwood | Crommelin | Curts | Doyle | Halyburton | McClusky | Klakring | Thach | Dewert | Rentz | Nicholas | Vandegrift | Robert G. Bradley | Taylor | Gary | Carr | Hawes | Ford | Elrod | Simpson | Reuben James | Samuel B. Roberts | Kauffman | Rodney M. Davis | Ingraham
Royal Australian Navy
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Armada EspaƱola
Santa Maria | Victoria | Numancia | Reina Sofia | Navarra | Canarias
Republic of China Navy
Cheung Kung | Cheng Ho | Chi Kuang | Yueh Fei | Tzu I | Pan Chao | Chang Chien | Tian Dan

List of frigates of the United States Navy




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