USS Paul Ignatius
USS Paul Ignatius on 31 July 2019 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Paul Ignatius |
| Namesake | Paul Ignatius |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 20 October 2015 |
| Launched | 12 November 2016 |
| Sponsored by | Nancy W. Ignatius |
| Christened | 8 April 2017 |
| Acquired | 22 February 2019 |
| Commissioned | 27 July 2019 |
| Homeport | Rota |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Always ready, fight on |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Flight IIA |
| Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar and helipad |
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USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named for Paul Ignatius who served as United States Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon Johnson from 1967 to 1969. Ignatius had previously served as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. Paul Ignatius is the second of eight planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which contains elements of the Flight III ships.
Paul Ignatius was launched on 12 November 2016, and was christened on 8 April 2017. She was commissioned on 27 July 2019 Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship was sponsored by Ignatius' wife Nancy before her death and that role was taken over by their granddaughter, Dr. Elisa Ignatuis. Paul Ignatius is homeported in Rota, Spain.