Name USS Paul Ignatius Laid down 20 October 2015 Status Authorized Launched 12 November 2016 Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding | Namesake Paul Ignatius Commissioned Expected 2018 Construction started 20 October 2015 Length 155 m | |
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Class and type Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Flight IIA | ||
USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) will be 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. 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, and is scheduled to be christened on 8 April 2017.
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