USS Jouett (CG-29)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Jouett.

USS Jouett (DLG-29) was a Belknap-class cruiser laid down 25 September 1962 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; launched 30 June 1964; sponsored by Mrs. S. J. Ervin, Jr., wife of the Senator from North Carolina; and commissioned 3 December 1966. She was named after RADM James Edward Jouett^[1]

USS Jouett (CG-29) in 1992
History
United States
Name	Jouett
Namesake	James Edward Jouett
Ordered	20 September 1961
Builder	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Laid down	25 September 1962
Launched	30 June 1964
Sponsored by	Mrs. S. J. Ervin, Jr
Acquired	23 February 1967
Commissioned	3 December 1966
Decommissioned	28 January 1994
Reclassified	CG-29 on 30 June 1975
Stricken	28 January 1994
Motto	Eternal Vigilance
Fate	Sunk as target, 10 August 2007
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General characteristics
Class & type	Belknap-class cruiser
Displacement	7,900 tons
Length	547 ft (167 m)
Beam	54 ft 9 in (16.69 m)
Draught	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Propulsion	Two sets GE or De laval steam turbines. total 85,000 shp
Speed	maximum speed 30+ knots
Complement	418
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-48E air-search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 air-search radar AN/SPG-55B fire-control radar AN/SPG-53F gun fire-control radar AN/SQS-26 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	one Mark 42 5 in (130 mm)/54 gun, two 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns, one Terrier missile / SM-2ER launcher, six 15.5-inch torpedo tubes, Harpoon missiles, Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	DASH drone helicopter

Upon completion of fitting out in February 1967, Jouett was assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and operated out of her homeport, San Diego.

Reclassified as a guided-missile cruiser, CG-29, on 30 June 1975, Jouett was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register on 28 January 1994 at San Diego. She was transferred 30 March the same year to the Maritime Administration, she was laid up at the Suisun Bay, CA reserve.

On 10 August 2007, she was towed to the Pacific to perform her last service; she was sunk as a target ship as part of Exercise Valiant Shield 2007. She sank at 11°16′00″N 143°53′00″E, at a depth of 7,500 metres.

The ship's bell is currently outside the entrance to the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida. The bell is on loan from the Navy History and Heritage Command.