USS Boone FFG-28

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Hull Number:
FFG-28
Ordered:
January 23, 1978
Commissioned:
May 15, 1982
Keel Laid:
March 27, 1979
Decommissioned:
Launched:
January 16, 1980
Stricken:


Fate:
Active Atlantic Fleet Naval Reserve Force
Homeport: Mayport, Florida


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
445'
Engines:
2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
16' (25' sonar)
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
3,179 std. / 4,086 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Medal of Honor winner Vice Admiral Dr. Joel T. Boone USN (1889-1974).


Builder's Data
Page revised Feb. 2, 2007