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'''PCU ''Paul Ignatius'' (DDG-117)''' is a future {{sclass-|Arleigh Burke|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. ''Paul Ignatius'' will be a 'technology insertion' ships that will bridge the gap between the Flight IIA variant and the new Flight III ships which are expected to begin with DDG-123.
'''USS ''Paul Ignatius'' (DDG-117)''' is a future {{sclass-|Arleigh Burke|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. ''Paul Ignatius'' will be a 'technology insertion' ships that will bridge the gap between the Flight IIA variant and the new Flight III ships which are expected to begin with DDG-123.


==References==
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Revision as of 05:13, 27 May 2013

US Navy 101123-N-5292M-186 The newly commissioned guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) arrives to its new homeport of Naval Station
USS Jason Dunham, another Flight IIA Arleigh Burke.
History
NameUSS Paul Ignatius
NamesakeFormer US Secretary of the Navy Paul Ignatius [1]
BuilderTBA
Laid downTBA
LaunchedTBA
CommissionedExpected 2018
StatusTemplate:Authorized
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length510 ft (160 m)
Draft33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Complement380 officers and enlisted
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns
2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) is a future Template:Sclass- 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. Paul Ignatius will be a 'technology insertion' ships that will bridge the gap between the Flight IIA variant and the new Flight III ships which are expected to begin with DDG-123.

References

  1. ^ "Navy Names Next Two Destroyers". Navy News Service. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.