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{{Short description|American guided-missile destroyer}}
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'''USS ''Laboon'' (DDG-58)''' is an {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} ([[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer#Characteristics|Flight I]]) [[Aegis combat system|Aegis]] [[guided missile destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]].
'''USS ''Laboon'' (DDG-58)''' is an {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} ([[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer#Characteristics|Flight I]]) [[Aegis combat system|Aegis]] [[guided missile destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]].
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==Ship's history==
==Ship's history==
[[File:US Navy 100415-N-1559J-051 Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team from of the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) approach a target ship.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the [[visit, board, search, and seizure]] from the ''Laboon'' approach a target ship]]
''Laboon''{{'s}} [[Keel laying|keel was laid down]] on 23 March 1992 at the [[Bath Iron Works]] shipyard in [[Bath, Maine]]. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 20&nbsp;February 1993<!-- , sponsored by SPONSOR -->. ''Laboon'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 18&nbsp;March 1995.
''Laboon''{{'s}} [[Keel laying|keel was laid down]] on 23 March 1992 at the [[Bath Iron Works]] shipyard in [[Bath, Maine]]. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 20&nbsp;February 1993<!-- , sponsored by SPONSOR -->. ''Laboon'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 18&nbsp;March 1995.
 
[[File:Operation Desert Strike - Tomahawk cruise missiles launch.jpg|left|thumb|''Laboon'' launches Tomahawk missile, 3 September 1996]]
In late 1996, she fired [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawk missiles]] at targets in Iraq, thus becoming the first ''Arleigh Burke''-class destroyer to engage in combat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seaforces.org/usnships/ddg/DDG-58-USS-Laboon.htm|title=USS Laboon DDG-58 Arleigh Burke class Destroyer US Navy|website=www.seaforces.org}}</ref>
In late 1996, she fired [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawk missiles]] at targets in Iraq, thus becoming the first ''Arleigh Burke''-class destroyer to engage in combat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seaforces.org/usnships/ddg/DDG-58-USS-Laboon.htm|title=USS Laboon DDG-58 Arleigh Burke class Destroyer US Navy|website=www.seaforces.org}}</ref>


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===2023 Israel-Hamas war===
===2023 Israel-Hamas war===
On 14 October 2023, U.S. Secretary of Defense [[Lloyd Austin]] directed {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower||2}} and her carrier strike group, which includes the cruiser {{USS|Philippine Sea|CG-58|2}}, along with ''Laboon'', and sister-destroyers {{USS|Mason|DDG-87|2}} and {{USS|Gravely|DDG-107|2}}, to the [[eastern Mediterranean]] in response to the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/exclusive-us-send-2nd-aircraft-carrier-eastern-mediterranean/story?id=103984246 |title=Exclusive: US to send 2nd aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean |date=14 October 2023 |last1=Raddatz |first1=Martha |last2=Martinez |first2=Luis |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> This was the second carrier strike group to be sent to the region in response to the conflict, following {{USS|Gerald R. Ford|CVN-78|2}} and her group, which was dispatched only six days earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement From Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Force Posture Changes in the Middle E |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3551716/statement-from-secretary-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-us-force-posture-changes-in-the/|access-date=2023-10-08 |publisher=[[U.S. Department of Defense]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
On 14 October 2023, U.S. Secretary of Defense [[Lloyd Austin]] directed {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower||2}} and her carrier strike group, which includes the cruiser {{USS|Philippine Sea|CG-58|2}}, along with ''Laboon'', and sister-destroyers {{USS|Mason|DDG-87|2}} and {{USS|Gravely|DDG-107|2}}, to the [[eastern Mediterranean]] in response to the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/exclusive-us-send-2nd-aircraft-carrier-eastern-mediterranean/story?id=103984246 |title=Exclusive: US to send 2nd aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean |date=14 October 2023 |last1=Raddatz |first1=Martha |last2=Martinez |first2=Luis |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> This was the second carrier strike group to be sent to the region in response to the conflict, following {{USS|Gerald R. Ford|CVN-78|2}} and her group, which was dispatched only six days earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement From Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Force Posture Changes in the Middle E |url=https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3551716/statement-from-secretary-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-us-force-posture-changes-in-the/|access-date=2023-10-08 |publisher=[[U.S. Department of Defense]] |language=en-US}}</ref>


On 23 December 2023, while patrolling in the southern [[Red Sea]], ''Laboon'' shot down four unmanned aerial attack drones that originated from areas controlled by the Iranian-backed [[Houthi]] rebels in Yemen and were inbound toward ''Laboon''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/12/houthis-fire-more-ballistic-missiles-and-drones-in-the-red-sea/|title=Houthis fire more Ballistic Missiles and Drones in the Red Sea|work=Naval News|date=25 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/us-warship-shoots-4-drones-red-sea-centcom-105907655|title=Video US warship shoots down 4 drones in Red Sea: CENTCOM|website=ABC News|date=December 25, 2023}}</ref> On 26 December, ''Laboon'' shot down three [[anti-ship ballistic missile]]s in the Red Sea fired by Houthi rebels with multiple SM-6 missiles. This was the first intercept of a ballistic missile in combat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/12/26/navy-defends-against-17-houthi-attacks-red-sea-shipping-over-just-10-hour-period.html|title="Massive One-Day Barrage of Houthi Attacks on Shipping Fended Off by Navy Destroyer, Fighter"|first1=Konstantin|last1=Toropin|date=December 26, 2023}}</ref>
On 23 December 2023, while patrolling in the southern [[Red Sea]], ''Laboon'' shot down four unmanned aerial attack drones that originated from areas controlled by the Iranian-backed [[Houthi]] rebels in Yemen and were inbound toward ''Laboon''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/12/houthis-fire-more-ballistic-missiles-and-drones-in-the-red-sea/|title=Houthis fire more Ballistic Missiles and Drones in the Red Sea|work=Naval News|date=25 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/us-warship-shoots-4-drones-red-sea-centcom-105907655|title=Video US warship shoots down 4 drones in Red Sea: CENTCOM|website=ABC News|date=December 25, 2023}}</ref> On 26 December, ''Laboon'' shot down three [[anti-ship ballistic missile]]s in the Red Sea fired by Houthi rebels with multiple SM-6 missiles. This was the first intercept of a ballistic missile in combat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/12/26/navy-defends-against-17-houthi-attacks-red-sea-shipping-over-just-10-hour-period.html|title="Massive One-Day Barrage of Houthi Attacks on Shipping Fended Off by Navy Destroyer, Fighter"|first1=Konstantin|last1=Toropin|date=December 26, 2023}}</ref>
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* [[Navy Unit Commendation]] - (2021 (IKE CSG), Oct-May 2024)
* [[Navy Unit Commendation]] - (2021 (IKE CSG), Oct-May 2024)
* [[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]] - (2012)
* [[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]] - (2012)
* [[Battenberg Cup]] - (2024)<ref>https://www.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/News-Stories/Article/4264375/adm-daryl-caudle-presents-battenberg-cup-arleigh-burke-trophy-to-uss-laboon/</ref>
* [[Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy]] - (2024)<ref>https://www.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/News-Stories/Article/4264375/adm-daryl-caudle-presents-battenberg-cup-arleigh-burke-trophy-to-uss-laboon/</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{Commons and category|USS Laboon (DDG-58)}}
{{Commons and category|USS Laboon (DDG-58)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917043537/http://www.laboon.navy.mil/ USS ''Laboon'' (official website)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917043537/http://www.laboon.navy.mil/ USS ''Laboon'' (official website)]
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01058.htm USS ''Laboon'' DDG-58 (navsource.org)]
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USS Laboon (DDG-58) is an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Father John Francis Laboon (1921–1988), a captain in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy, who was awarded the Silver Star during World War II while serving on the submarine Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..

Laboon's keel was laid down in 1992 at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. She was launched in 1993, and commissioned in 1995.

Ship's history

Laboon's keel was laid down on 23 March 1992 at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. She was launched on 20 February 1993. Laboon was commissioned on 18 March 1995.

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Laboon launches Tomahawk missile, 3 September 1996

In late 1996, she fired Tomahawk missiles at targets in Iraq, thus becoming the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to engage in combat.[1]

In 1998, Laboon took part in NATO Exercise Dynamic Response 98, together with Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".'s Amphibious Ready Group.[2]

On 12 September 2012, Laboon was ordered to the coast of Libya in what the Pentagon called a "contingency" in case a strike was ordered. This was in response to the 2012 diplomatic missions attacks.[3]

On 21 June 2015, Laboon entered the Black Sea along with the French ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". as part of NATO's presence missions following the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[4] While in the Black Sea, Laboon participated in joint maneuvers with a Romanian Navy Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". for two days beginning on 22 June 2015.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". On 27 June 2015, Laboon began a two-day visit to the Black Sea port of Batumi, Georgia, to participate in training with the Coast Guard of Georgia and offer tours of the ship.[5]

On 14 April 2018, she fired seven Tomahawk missiles from a position in the Red Sea as part of a bombing campaign in retaliation for the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons against people in Douma.[6]

2023 Israel-Hamas war

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On 23 December 2023, while patrolling in the southern Red Sea, Laboon shot down four unmanned aerial attack drones that originated from areas controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and were inbound toward Laboon.[9][10] On 26 December, Laboon shot down three anti-ship ballistic missiles in the Red Sea fired by Houthi rebels with multiple SM-6 missiles. This was the first intercept of a ballistic missile in combat.[11]

On 6 January 2024, Laboon shot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea.[12] On 9 January, at approximately 9:15 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthis launched a complex attack of Iranian designed one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (OWA UAVs), anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Southern Red Sea, towards international shipping lanes where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting. Eighteen OWA UAVs, two anti-ship cruise missiles, and one anti-ship ballistic missile were shot down by a combined effort of F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gravely, Laboon, Mason, and the United Kingdom’s Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. This was the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea since 19 November 2023. There were no injuries or damage reported.[13] On 14 January, an anti-ship missile was fired in the direction of Laboon from a Houthi-controlled portion of Yemen, according to CENTCOM.[14]

On 2 February 2024, Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from Dwight D. Eisenhower shot down at least 12 drones launched by Houthis over the Red Sea.[15] On 6 February at 4:30 p.m., while patrolling in the Gulf of Aden, Laboon, operating near the cargo ship MV Star Nasia, intercepted and shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis.[16] On 20 February at 12:30 a.m., while operating in the Gulf of Aden, Laboon detected and shot down one anti-ship cruise missile fired by the Houthis.[17]

Awards

References

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