USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy currently in service. The ship is named after Paul Hamilton, the third United States Secretary of the Navy.

USS Paul Hamilton at Pearl Harbor on 3 February 2007
History
United States
Name	Paul Hamilton
Namesake	Paul Hamilton
Ordered	22 February 1990
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	24 August 1992
Launched	24 July 1993
Commissioned	27 May 1995
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 338916000 Callsign: NNPH Hull number: DDG-60
Motto	The Courage to Prevail
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t) Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)
Length	505 ft (154 m)
Beam	59 ft (18 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × Shafts
Speed	>30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h)
Complement	33 commissioned officers 38 chief petty officers 210 enlisted personnel
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPY-1D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA) AN/SPY-6 AESA 3D radar (Flight III) AN/SPS-67(V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 – DDG-118) AN/SPQ-9B surface search and fire-control radar (DDG-119 onwards) AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 – DDG-86) BridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onwards) 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar Mk 46 Mod 1 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA) Mk 20 Mod 1 electro-optical sight system (Flight III) AN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system, consisting of: AN/SQS-53C sonar array AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II) TB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onwards) AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suites AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures MK 36 Mod 12 Decoy Launching Systems MK 53 Nulka Decoy Launching Systems AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoys
Armament	1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launching systems with 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles 2 x Mk 141 Harpoon Missile Launcher SSM 1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm) 2 × 25 mm chain gun 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	2 Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters can be embarked

Construction and career

Constructed at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine, Paul Hamilton was commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina. The destroyer was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after her commissioning. She is currently homeported in San Diego, California.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2015, she along with the Royal Navy's HMS Duncan, participated in airstrikes against ISIL.[1]

In 2019, cargo ship Bass Strait, belonging to Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, launched a series of drones that surveilled and harassed Paul Hamilton in waters off of Southern California.[2][3]

Gallery

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  Left side view of USS Paul Hamilton at the Manila Port Harbor
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  Rear view of USS Paul Hamilton at the Manila Port Harbor
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  An AN/SPY-1 Antenna of USS Paul Hamilton
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  Side view of the Phalanx CIWS of USS Paul Hamilton
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  Side view of the Mk 141 and Mk 32 launchers of USS Paul Hamilton
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  Side view of the Mk 45 main gun of USS Paul Hamilton

References

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

External links

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