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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1994}} | Ship name=Josephus Daniels | Ship namesake=Josephus Daniels | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered=18 May 1961 | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Bath Iron Works | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=23 April 1962 | Ship launched=2 December 1963 | Ship sponsor= Mrs. Robert M. Woronoff and Mrs. Clyde R. Rich Jr., granddaughters of Josephus Daniels | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=4 May 1965 | Ship commissioned=8 May 1965 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned=21 January 1994 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified=CG-27 30 June 1975 | Ship refit= | Ship struck=21 January 1994 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport=NS Norfolk, Virginia (former) | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname=Joey D | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX. Scrapping completed 08 NOV 1999 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Belknap|cruiser}} | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=7930 tons | Ship tons burthen= | 547|ft|abbr=on}} | 55|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 28.8|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | 30|kn|mph km/h|0}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=418 officers and men | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors=AN/SPS-48E air-search radar, AN/SPG-55B fire-control radar | Ship EW= | 5|in|mm|abbr=on}}/54 gun- two {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}} guns
- one Terrier missile launcher
- six {{convert|15.5|in|mm|0|adj=on}} torpedo tubes
- Harpoon missiles
- Phalanx CIWS
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}} | USS Josephus Daniels (DLG/CG-27) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was named for Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy during World War I. She was launched as DLG-27, a frigate, and reclassified as a cruiser on 30 June 1975. The contract to construct Josephus Daniels was awarded on 18 May 1961. Her keel was laid down at Bath Iron Works on 23 April 1962. She was launched on 2 December 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Robert M. Woronoff and Mrs. Clyde R. Rich Jr., granddaughters of Josephus Daniels; delivered to the navy on 4 May 1965 and commissioned on 8 May 1965. After more than 28 years of service, Josephus Daniels was decommissioned on 21 January 1994. She was struck from the register on 21 January 1994 and laid up at James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, Virginia to be scrapped. The 'Joey D' was later dismantled by International Shipbreaking Ltd. of Brownsville, TX, with scrapping completed on 8 November 1999. External links{{Commons category|USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)}}- {{NVR url|id=CG27|title=NVR CG-27}}
- USS Josephus Daniels unofficial website
- GlobalSecurity.org
- NavSource
- DANFS
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