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US Navy - Guided Missile Destroyer DDG 114 - USS Ralph Johnson |
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class: Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG; Arleigh Burke
class, Flight IIA Builder: Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA STATUS: Awarded: September 26, 2011 Laid down: September 12, 2014 Launched: December 12, 2015 Christened: April 2, 2016 Commissioned: March 24, 2018 IN SERVICE Homeport: forward deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Namesake: PFC Ralph Henry Johnson / USMC (1949-1968) Ships Motto: CELER SILENS MORTALIS (swift - silent - deadly) Technical Data: see: INFO > Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG |
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 Philippine Sea - March 2022  Mk.45 gun fire exercise - South China Sea - January 2022  during exercise Resolute Dragon - Japan - December 2021  arriving at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - October 4, 2021  arriving at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - October 4, 2021  departing Naval Station Everett, Washington for her journey to Japan - September 15, 2021  departing Naval Station Everett, Washington for her journey to Japan - September 15, 2021  change of command ceremony - Naval Station Everett, Washington - June 2020  change of command ceremony - Naval Station Everett, Washington - June 2020  Arabian Gulf - August 2020  Mk.32 torpedo tube exercise - Arabian Gulf - August 2020  Indian Ocean - July 2020  Indian Ocean - July 2020  Indian Ocean - July 2020  Strait of Hormuz - July 2020  Mk.38 Mod.2 machine gun fire exercise - Philippine Sea - July 2020  Mk.45 Mod.4 gun fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - July 2020  South China Sea - July 2020  Philippine Sea - June 2020  Philippine Sea - June 2020  Philippine Sea - June 2020  Philippine Sea - June 2020  departing Naval Base San Diego, California - June 2020  departing Naval Base San Diego, California - June 2020  Pacific Ocean - May 2020  Pacific Ocean - May 2020  Pacific Ocean - May 2020  Force Protection Exercise at Naval Base San Diego, California - April 2020  deperming at the Degausing Pier at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California - late 2019  deperming at the Degausing Pier at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California - late 2019  deperming at the Degausing Pier at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California - late 2019  deperming at the Degausing Pier at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California - late 2019  deperming at the Degausing Pier at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California - late 2019  a Standard Missile was fired from the aft Mk.41 VLS - circa July 2018  Naval Station Everett, Washington - May 2018  arriving at her first homeport, Naval Station Everett, Washington - April 2018  arriving at her first homeport, Naval Station Everett, Washington - April 2018  Mk-45 Mod.4 (5"/62) gun fire exercise - March 2018  March 2018  commissioning ceremony - Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina - March 24, 2018  commissioning ceremony - Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina - March 24, 2018  commissioning ceremony - Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina - March 24, 2018  commissioning ceremony - Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina - March 24, 2018  commissioning ceremony - Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina - March 24, 2018  departing Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi for her commissioning - March 2018  trials - September 2017  builders trials - Gulf of Mexico - July 2017   launching at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi - December 12, 2015     |
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USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114): PASCAGOULA, Miss. (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying ceremony for the future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard September 23, 2014. The keel was authenticated by ship sponsor and military wife Georgeanne McRaven, and 41-year veteran shipbuilder, Robert Boegner, Jr. The two traced their initials into the ship's keel plate after which they said, "We hereby declare that the keel of the future USS Ralph Johnson has been truly and fairly laid." "I'm extremely honored to have Mrs. McRaven and Mr. Boegner here today to take part in this momentous event. Their participation demonstrates and celebrates the role that each individual involved in this vital shipbuilding program plays to help bring these warships to life," said Capt. Mark Vandroff, DDG 51 class program manager, Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships. "I'm very proud of and grateful to the men and women of Ingalls shipbuilding. Their hard work has allowed us to celebrate this major ship milestone today." Ingalls shipbuilding has a long history in destroyer shipbuilding, beginning with the keel-laying of the USS Spruance (DD 963) in the same shipyard over 40 years ago, in 1972. Ralph Johnson is the 64th Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, and the 30th DDG 51 class destroyer built by the shipyard. HII is under contract to build an additional six of the 14 DDG 51 class ships currently under contract. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is also under contract to build seven destroyers as part of the DDG 51 program restart. DDG 51 class ships are integral players in global maritime security, engaging in air, undersea, surface, strike and ballistic missile defense. Ralph Johnson, a Flight IIA destroyer, will be equipped with Aegis Baseline 9 which incorporates Integrated Air and Missile Defense and enhanced Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities. The ship is named for Marine Pfc. Ralph Henry Johnson, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War. Johnson used his body to shield two fellow Marines from a grenade, absorbing the blast and dying instantly in March 1968. - - - The Navy will christen its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Saturday, April 2, 2016 - during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship will be christened by the ship sponsor, Georgeanne McRaven. The Honorable Sean Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition will deliver the principal address. "The christening of the future USS Ralph Johnson represents yet another example of how our Navy's partnership with the highly-skilled shipbuilders of our nation continues to help us grow our fleet," said Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. "Because of the hard work of these men and women, the name Ralph Johnson, and the heroism this name embodies, will live on for years to come in the steel of this great warship and the deeds of the sailors and Marines who sail aboard her." The future Ralph Johnson is the 64th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The ship will commission in 2017 and will be homeported in Everett, Washington. |
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PFC Ralph Henry Johnson (January 11, 1949 - March 5, 1968): Ralph Johnson was born on January 11, 1949, in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended Courtnay Elementary School and Simonton Jr. High School in Charleston, South Carolina. Johnson enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Oakland, California on March 23, 1967, and was discharged to enlist in the regular Marine Corps on July 2, 1967. Upon completion of recruit training with the 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, MCRD San Diego, California, in September 1967, he was transferred to the Camp Pendleton, California. He underwent individual combat training with Company Y, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, and basic infantry training with the Basic Infantry Training Company, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment, completing the latter in November 1967. He was promoted to private first class on November 1, 1967. In January 1968, he arrived in the Republic of Vietnam, and served as a reconnaissance scout with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division. On March 5, 1968, while on Operation Rock, a four-day operation by the 3rd Battalion 7th Marines in the "Arizona Territory" northwest of An Hoa Combat Base, his 15-man reconnaissance patrol was attacked by a platoon-sized enemy force on Hill 146 in the Quan Duc Duc Valley. When a hand grenade landed in the fighting hole he shared with fellow Marines, he yelled a warning and immediately hurled his body over the explosive charge. Absorbing the full impact of the blast, he was killed instantly. His heroic actions on that day were recognized with a posthumous award of the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. Ralph H. Johnson is buried at Beaufort National Cemetery in South Carolina. A complete list of his medals and decorations includes: the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze stars, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, the Vietnamese Military Merit Medal, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
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