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USS Boone (FFG-28) passing the Statue of Liberty, Fleet Week, New York 2002
Career (US)
Ordered:	23 January 1978
Laid down:	27 March 1979
Launched:	16 January 1980
Commissioned:	15 May 1982
Status:	Active in service as of 2007
Homeport:	Mayport, Florida
General characteristics
Displacement:	4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:	453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller
Speed:	29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:	5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ-32
Armament:	As built: One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
Motto:	Brave Man, Brave Ship

USS Boone (FFG-28) is the twentieth ship in the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates.

The frigate was named for Vice Admiral Dr. Joel Thompson Boone (1889–1974). FFG-28, the first U.S. ship to bear the Admirals name, was ordered January 23rd, 1978, launched January 16, 1980 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, and commissioned May 15, 1982. She has since racked up numerous awards and commendations.

Crest of USS Boone

Joel Thompson Boone was born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1909, and went on to Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. After his graduation in 1913 he joined the Naval Reserve Medical Corps. Boone was transferred to the regular Navy in May 1915. He served on active duty until December 1, 1950.

Boone received official commendation throughout his Naval career. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels recognized Boones service with the Marines in Haiti in 1915. Boone served on board the battleship USS Wyoming (BB-32) from September 1916 to August 1917, when he transferred to the U.S. 6th Marine Regiment and was sent to France. With the Marines and later with the 2nd Infantry Division of the American Expeditionary Force, he received many awards for valor. Chief among them was the Medal of Honor, but Boone also received the Distinguished Service Cross; the Silver Star with five Oak Leaf Clusters; the Purple Heart (two Oak Leaf Clusters), one of which was a special award from General John Pershing; four awards from the French Government the Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, the Gold Medal of Honor, and Order of the Fourragre; and the Italian (Croce di Guerra) with Diploma from Italy.

Boone received the Medal of Honor for action at Vierzy, France, during the Aisne-Marne offensive of 18-20 July 1918. He administered first aid along the front during the Marine attack on Soissons. He put himself in extreme danger by leaving relative safety in a ravine to aid the wounded lying in the open field. And without regard to artillery fire, he replenished supplies by motorcycle twice in the same day. After the St. Mihiel offensive in September 1918, Boone served with the Second Army Division as Assistant Division Surgeon.

Between 1922 and 1933, he was physician for three presidents: Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. During World War II, Boone was Senior Medical Officer at San Diego Naval Air Station and later commanded a Naval Hospital in Seattle, Washington. Boone represented the Naval Medical Corps at Japan's surrender on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), September 2, 1945.

Boone was placed on the retired list December 1, 1950 and was promoted to Vice Admiral. He later died on April 2, 1974 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

USS Boone is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and was the recipient of the 2005 DESRON 14 Battle "E". On 16 February 2007, Bunker Hill was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]

Boone is homeported in Mayport, Florida, and is a member of the Navy Reserve.

• USS Boone Official site
• navsource.org: USS Boone
• navysite.de: USS Boone
• MaritimeQuest USS Boone FFG-28

• Milton F. Heller III (2000). The Presidents' Doctor : An Insider's View of Three First Families. Vantage Pr; 1st ed edition (August 2000). ISBN 0-533-13159-6.