USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)

8315 tons

154 m

20 meters

9.5 meters

26 officers, 315 teams

Two propellers, each driven over 4 gas turbines; 100,000 shaft horsepower

31 knots

90 VLS cells, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 1 artillery 127 mm

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG -53 ) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. It belongs to the Arleigh Burke-class. The ship is named after John Paul Jones, one of the fathers of the U.S. Navy.

History

Construction

In September 1987, the contract for the construction of DDG -53 was granted. In August 1990, the ship was placed as the third of her class at Kiel, was Shipyard Bath Iron Works. In October 1991, the destroyer was launched and was baptized. In December 1993, John Paul Jones could be put into service. She was the first ship of her class that served in the Pacific.

The Jones was selected as the platform for the Shock Trials of the Arleigh Burke class. In this case, the trunk was caused by nearby explosions, both above and under water, tested for compressive strength.

Patrol car

The John Paul Jones was used mainly in the Persian Gulf. Among them was a trip in 2001 with the USS Enterprise ( CVN -65), as the battle group was set up as part of Operation Southern Watch. Following the ship took part in the war in Afghanistan and shot during the BGM -109 Tomahawk on targets in Afghanistan from.

2004 and 2006, the John Paul Jones in the multinational exercise RIMPAC in part, the exercise Talisman Sabre 2005. Followed in 2007 by the exercise Valiant Shield. With the USS Nimitz (CVN -68) laid the destroyer in the South Pacific, to replace the ones that had to dry dock for overhaul in Japan stationed USS Kitty Hawk (CV -63 ).