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|Ship name=USS ''Paul Ignatius''
|Ship namesake= [[Paul Ignatius]]<ref name="NNS Announcement">{{cite press release|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74367|title=Navy Names Next Two Destroyers|publisher=Navy News Service|id=NNS130523-13|date=23 May 2013|accessdate=25 August 2016}}</ref>
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|Ship builder= [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
|Ship laid down=20 October 2015<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/ingalls-authenticates-keel-paul-ignatius|title=Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates the Keel of Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)|publisher=[[Huntington Ingalls Industries]]|date=20 October 2015|accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>
|Ship launched=12 November 2016<ref name="ddg-117lau">{{cite press release|url=http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/destroyer-paul-ignatius-ddg-117-launch|title=Huntington Ingalls Industries Launches Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)|publisher=Huntington Ingalls Industries|date=16 November 2016|accessdate=16 November 2016}}</ref>
|Ship sponsor=Nancy W. Ignatius
|Ship christened=8 April 2017<ref name="ddg-117chr">{{cite press release|url=http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-huntington-ingalls-industries-christens-destroyer-paul-ignatius-ddg-117|title=Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)|publisher=Huntington Ingalls Industries|date=8 April 2017|accessdate=8 April 2017}}</ref>
|Ship commissioned=Expected 2018
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|Ship status=Launched
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|Ship badge =[[File:USS Paul Ignatius-DDG 117-Coat of Arms.png|125px|center]]
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|Ship class={{sclass-|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}, Flight IIA
|Ship displacement={{convert|9200|LT|abbr=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|510|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|33|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=4 × [[General Electric LM2500|General Electric LM2500-30]] [[gas turbine]]s, 2 shafts, {{convert|100000|shp|MW|lk=in|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=380 officers and enlisted
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|Ship armament=*1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 [[vertical launch system]]s, 96 × [[RIM-66 Standard|RIM-66 SM-2]], [[BGM-109 Tomahawk]] or [[RUM-139 VL-Asroc]], missiles
*1 × 5in (127mm)/62 cal , 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns
*2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
*1 × 20mm [[Phalanx CIWS]]
|Ship aircraft=2 × [[SH-60 Sea Hawk]] helicopters
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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. Ignatius had previously served as a commissioned lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. ''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,<ref name="ddg-117lau"/><ref>{{cite news|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 was christened on 8 April 2017.<ref name="ddg-117chr"/>

==References==
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Revision as of 04:37, 4 May 2017

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
NamesakePaul Ignatius[1]
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down20 October 2015[2]
Launched12 November 2016[3]
Sponsored byNancy W. Ignatius
Christened8 April 2017[4]
CommissionedExpected 2018
StatusLaunched
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-, Flight IIA
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
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × 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. Ignatius had previously served as a commissioned lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. 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][5] and was christened on 8 April 2017.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Navy Names Next Two Destroyers" (Press release). Navy News Service. 23 May 2013. NNS130523-13. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates the Keel of Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Huntington Ingalls Industries Launches Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ^ "HII launches future Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Paul Ignatius". Naval Today. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.