USS Paul Ignatius

USS Paul Ignatius on 31 July 2019
History
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	Mayport
Identification	MMSI number: 368926407 Hull number: DDG-117
Motto	Always ready, fight on
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and 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
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mk 45 naval gun 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedo 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for use of: RIM-66M Standard Missile BGM-109 Tomahawk RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) is an Arleigh Burke-class 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 is the 2nd of 8 planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which contains elements of the Flight III ships.

She was launched on 12 November 2016, and was christened on 8 April 2017. The ship was commissioned on 27 July 2019 Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Elisa Ignatius, granddaughter to the late Mrs. Nancy Ignatius, will serve as the ship sponsor representative. USS Paul Ignatius is homeported in Mayport, Florida.