USS Paul Ignatius

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.

USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) at Naval Station Mayport
History
Name:	USS 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:	Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida
Motto:	Always ready, fight on
Status:	Active, in commission
Badge:
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 LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Complement:	380 officers and enlisted
Armament:	1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/62 , 2 × 25 mm Mk 38, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes 1 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	2 × MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters

She was launched on 12 November 2016,[3][7] and was christened on 8 April 2017.[4] 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. [6][8] USS Paul Ignatius is homeported in Mayport, Florida.