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 lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. Paul Ignatius is the second of eight planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which contains elements of the Flight III ships.

USS Paul Ignatius on 31 July 2019
History
United States
Name	Paul Ignatius
Namesake	Paul Ignatius[1]
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	20 October 2015[2]
Launched	12 November 2016[3]
Sponsored by	Nancy W. Ignatius
Christened	8 April 2017[4]
Acquired	22 February 2019[5]
Commissioned	27 July 2019[6]
Homeport	Rota
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)[7]
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun System 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS): RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile RIM-156 Surface-to-Air Missile RIM-174A Standard ERAM RIM-161 Anti-Ballistic Missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 Lightweight Torpedo Mark 50 Lightweight Torpedo Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

Paul Ignatius was launched on 12 November 2016,[3][8] and was christened on 8 April 2017.[4] She was commissioned on 27 July 2019 Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship was sponsored by Ignatius' wife Nancy before her passing and that role has since been taken over by their grand-daughter, Dr. Elisa Ignatuis.[6][9] Paul Ignatius is homeported in Rota, Spain.

Operational History

On 28 April 2022, Paul Ignatius departed Mayport, Florida, for a patrol in the US Sixth Fleet area of operations and a homeport shift to Naval Station Rota.[10]

On 17 June 2022, Paul Ignatius arrived at her new homeport of in Rota.[11]

In the autumn of 2022, Paul Ignatius conducted a routine patrol in the Baltic Sea, where she was accompanied by the support ship William McLean.[12] The ship also passed the area in the Baltic Sea where Nord Stream gas pipelines have been sabotaged. According to Danish media, the destroyer assisted in "guarding the crime scene of the gas leaks".[13][14]

External links

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