The USS Jouett (DLG-29) was a Belknap class cruiser

Belknap class cruiser

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 laid down 25 September 1962 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

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, Bremerton, Washington

Bremerton, Washington

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; launched 30 June 1964; sponsored by Mrs. S. J. Ervin, Jr., wife of the Senator from North Carolina

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; and commissioned 3 December 1966, Captain Robert S. Hayes in command.

Upon completion of fitting out in February 1967, Jouett was assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

United States Pacific Fleet

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, 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. 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 Operation Valiant Shield 2007.

External links

• http://www.ussjouett.com/ A website for former officers and crewmen of the USS Jouett (DLG/CG-29).
• Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. was Commanding Officer of the USS Jouett and was appointed to Rear Admiral becoming the first African-American to achieve Flag Rank in the Navy