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DLG 27 - USS Josephus Daniels (HULL 343)

Belknap Class Guided Missile Frigate for the United States Navy
Length: 547'
Beam: 54'-9 1/4"
Depth: 38'-5 1/4"
Draft: 18'-10"
Displacement: 5,340 (light ship), 8,200 (full load)
Other Data: 4 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 85,000 horsepower, twin screws, single rudder, 2 stacks, 2 masts. 

Keel laid April 23,1962, launched December 2,1963, delivered May 4,1965, commissioned May 8,1965 at the Boston Navy Yard. 

Reached 30 knots on trials. Equipped with DASH, ASROC, LAMPS and Terrier. Complement of 31 officers and 387 enlisted. Served in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean and in Vietnamese waters. Reclassified CG-27 June 30,1975. Decommissioned January 22,1994.

DLG 27 Under Construction