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'''USS ''Paul Ignatius'' (DDG-117)''' will be an {{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 the 2nd of 8 planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which will contain elements of the Flight III ships projected to begin with DDG-124. |
'''USS ''Paul Ignatius'' (DDG-117)''' will be an {{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 the 2nd of 8 planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which will contain elements of the Flight III ships projected to begin with DDG-124. |
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She was launched on November 12, 2016,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://navaltoday.com/2016/11/16/hii-launches-future-arleigh-burke-destroyer-uss-paul-ignatius/ | title=HII launches future Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Paul Ignatius | publisher=Naval Today | date=16 November 2016 | accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref> and is scheduled to be christened on 8 April 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=24926:ingalls-starts-fabrication-of-ddg-123&Itemid=223 | title=Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 123 | publisher=Marine Log | date=27 January 2017 | accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref> |
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_arrives_to_its_new_homeport_of_Naval_Station.jpg) USS Jason Dunham, another Flight IIA Arleigh Burke.
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| Name | USS Paul Ignatius |
| Namesake | Paul Ignatius[1] |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 30 September 2014[2] |
| Launched | 12 November 2016 |
| Commissioned | Expected 2018 |
| Status | Authorized |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass-, Flight IIA |
| Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) will be an 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 the 2nd of 8 planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which will contain elements of the Flight III ships projected to begin with DDG-124.
She was launched on November 12, 2016,[3] and is scheduled to be christened on 8 April 2017.[4]
References
- ^ "Navy Names Next Two Destroyers" (Press release). Navy News Service. 23 May 2013. NNS130523-13. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83615
- ^ "HII launches future Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Paul Ignatius". Naval Today. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 123". Marine Log. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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