USS ''Josephus Daniels'' ( DLG/CG-27) was a ''Belknap''-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was named for Josephus Daniels,

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during

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. 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

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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,

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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

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USS ''Josephus Daniels'' unofficial website
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