_prepares_to_moor_at_Naval_Station_Mayport_on_31_July_2019_-_2.jpg) USSPaul Ignatius on 31 July 2019 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Paul Ignatius |
| Namesake | Paul Ignatius[1] |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 20 October 2015[2] |
| Launched | 12 November 2016[3] |
| Sponsored by | Nancy W. Ignatius |
| Christened | 8 April 2017[4] |
| Acquired | 22 February 2019[5] |
| Commissioned | 27 July 2019[6] |
| Homeport | Rota |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Always ready, fight on |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-classdestroyer, Flight IIA |
| Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 ×General Electric LM2500gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[7] |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 ×MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar andhelipad |
USSPaul Ignatius (DDG-117) is anArleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion)Aegisguided missile destroyer of theUnited States Navy. She is named forPaul Ignatius who served as United StatesSecretary of the Navy under PresidentLyndon Johnson from 1967 to 1969. Ignatius had previously served as alieutenant in the Navy during World War II.Paul Ignatius is the second of eight planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which contain elements of the Flight III ships.
Paul Ignatius was launched on 12 November 2016,[3][8] and waschristened on 8 April 2017.[4] She wascommissioned on 27 July 2019Port Everglades inFort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship wassponsored by Ignatius's wife Nancy before her death and that role was taken over by their granddaughter, Dr. Elisa Ignatius.[6][9]Paul Ignatius is homeported inRota, Spain.
On 28 April 2022,Paul Ignatius departedMayport, Florida, for a patrol in the US Sixth Fleet area of operations and a homeport shift to Naval Station Rota.[10]
On 17 June 2022,Paul Ignatius arrived at her new homeport of in Rota, Spain.[11] HerPhalanx CIWS was moved to the forward mount and she received theSeaRAM close-in weapon system on her aft mount.[12]
In October 2022,Paul Ignatius conducted a routine patrol in theBaltic Sea, where she was accompanied by the support shipWilliam McLean.[13] After the2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage the ship remained deployed there to safeguard regional energy interests and to guard the areas of the pipeline sabotage.[14][15] During this period, she embarked personnel fromdiving,salvage, andexplosive ordnance disposal (EOD) units to assist in security and assessment operations.[16]
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