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CLASS - BELKNAP
Displacement 8,957 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 25 SEP 1962 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA
Launched 30 JUN 1964
Commissioned 03 DEC 1966
Reclassified CG 29 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 28 JAN 1994
Stricken 28 JAN 1994
Fate: Sunk on 10 August 2007 as target during Valiant Shield
2007
011° 16' 0" North
143° 53' 0" East
4100 Fathoms
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Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouett 04012900 |
270k | Ship's namesake, RADM James Edward Jouett. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett 04012916 |
279k | Commissioning booklet, 03 December 1966. (Original image cleaned up by Tom Kermen) | Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett | 44k | (Small) mid-ships detail. | USN | |
| Jouett | 111k | Port view underway. | USN | |
| Jouett | 93k | Port view, showing her smooth clear lines. | USN | |
| Jouett 04012918 |
313k | Welcome aboard booklet, circa 1967. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett 04012919 |
352k | Starboard side view somewhere in the Pacific, 1967. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett 04012928 |
406k | USS Jouett (CG 29) docked at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 11 March 1967. City of Vancouver Archives, Photo #AM1506-S3-3-: CVA 447-5352, by Walter E. Frost. |
Mike Green | |
| Jouett 04012927 |
74k | Underway circa 1968, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| Jouett 04012940 |
74k | USS Jouett (DLG 29) launching an RUR-5 ASROC from the Mk 10 missile launcher, 1 January 1969 . U.S. Navy photo from the USS Jouett (DLG 29) 1969-70 cruise book. |
Robert Hurst | |
| Jouett 04012941 |
74k | USS Jouett (DLG 29) launching an RIM-2 Terrier from the Mk 10 missile launcher, 1 January 1969. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Jouett (DLG 29) 1969-70 cruise book. |
Robert Hurst | |
| Jouett 04012938 |
74k | The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Jouett (DLG 29) at Sasebo, Japan, 1 January 1969. The minesweeper USS Peacock (MSC 198) is moored alongside. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Jouett (DLG 29) 1969-70 cruise book. |
Robert Hurst | |
| Jouett 04012934 |
108k | Unrep with USS Mispillion (AO 105) while on WestPac, circa 1970. From the collection of Bruce Hevner, USS Jouett (CG 29). | Robert Canchola | |
| Jouett 04012935 |
133k | Unrep with USS Mispillion (AO 105) while on WestPac, circa 1970. From the collection of Bruce Hevner, USS Jouett (CG 29). | Robert Canchola | |
| Jouett 04012937 |
133k | USS Jouett (DLG 29) underway, circa 1970. She was serving with the Seventh Fleet and was part of Cruiser Destroyer Division 11. U.S. Navy All Hands magazine February 1971, p. 67. |
Robert Hurst | |
| Jouett 04012926 |
1.3m | Wellington, New Zealand, 19 April 1971. | Chris Howell | |
| Jouett 04012932 |
72k | Vancouver, 8 August 1976. | Carl Orbann | |
| Jouett 04012931 |
68k | 2 February 1977, while on RIMPAC 77. | Carl Orbann | |
| Jouett 04012933 |
57k | 2 February 1977, while on RIMPAC 77. Missile launch. Note the blue Telemetry warhead on the missile. | Carl Orbann | |
| Jouett | 67k | USS Jouett (CG 29) at Midway Island, September 1977. | Carl Orbann | |
| Jouett | 70k | USS Jouett (CG 29) at Subic Bay, PI, December 1977. | Carl Orbann | |
| Jouett 04012924 |
144k | USS Jouett (CG 29) in drydock at Subic Bay P.I. in September of 1979 for some work on her starboard propeller. | Richard Stiles | |
| Jouett 04012925 |
110k | USS Jouett (CG 29) in drydock at Subic Bay P.I. in September of 1979 for some work on her starboard propeller. | Richard Stiles | |
| Jouett 04012936 |
517k | Aerial starboard bow view of the Belknap class guided missile cruiser USS Jouett (CG 29) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 15 October 1982. Photographer PHAN Mellendorf, USN. This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives Identifier: 6394998. DPLA identifier: 5a93a1bd6d973a84d9385fa745e8d3c1. | Robert Hurst | |
| Jouett 04012909 |
71k | Port bow view during a "Tiger Cruise", returning from WestPac 1982-1983. Taken from USS Decatur (DDG 31). | STGC Lee Noland, USN (Ret.) | |
| Jouett 04012910 |
132k | Port bow view during a "Tiger Cruise", returning from WestPac 1982-1983. Taken from USS Decatur (DDG 31). | STGC Lee Noland, USN (Ret.) | |
| Jouett 04012917 |
255k | Welcome aboard booklet, circa 1983. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett 04012939 |
55k | A Kaman SH-2F Seasprite helicopter of Light Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 31 (HSL-31) hovers over the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Jouett (CG 29), off Southern California coast, ready to practice removing a man from the deck of the ship, 5 June 1989. Photographer PH1 Wilcox. Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994. This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives Identifier: 6442850. DPLA identifier: 66c647656356cc0fe6cc0a5fac66cb07. |
FCCM(SW) George Shileikis USN-RET | |
| Jouett | 55k | Passing under the Golden Gate bridge into San Francisco Bay for Fleet Week in 1991 | FCCM(SW) George Shileikis USN-RET | |
| Jouett 04012923 |
222k |
1992/1993 - Port quarter view of the guided-missile cruiser USS Jouett (CG 29) as she prepares to conduct an undeway replenishment (UNREP) with the replenishment oiler USS Wichita (AOR 1) . U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-87-00705 by: PH1 Richard Oriez. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett 04012922 |
83k |
1992/1993 - The guided missile-cruiser USS Jouett (CG 29), after topping off its fuel supply from theUSS Wichita (AOR 1) , moves out smartly off the coast of southern California. U.S. Navy photo #DN-ST-87-00505 by: PH1 Richard J. Oriez. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett 04012915 |
212k | Decommissioning booklet, 28 January 1994. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| Jouett | 591k | USS Jouett in mothballs in Susin Bay, CA. Picture taken 21 May 2006. | Harold Newbill | |
| Jouett 04012929 |
USS Jouett in mothballs in Susin Bay, CA. | Ron Reeves | ||
| Jouett 04012930 |
USS Jouett in mothballs in Susin Bay, CA. | Ron Reeves | ||
| Jouett 04012920 |
186k | ex-USS Jouett (DLG/CG 29) on 29 January 2007 under tow of the USNS Navajo (T-ATF 169) in San Francisco Bay outbound to sea. | Captain Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG (ret.) | |
| Jouett 04012921 |
216k | ex-USS Jouett (DLG/CG 29) on 29 January 2007 under tow of the USNS Navajo (T-ATF 169) in San Francisco Bay outbound to sea. | Captain Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG (ret.) | |
(List courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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