| USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) | |
|---|---|
 USS Jason Dunham, another Flight IIA Arleigh Burke. | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | PCU Paul Ignatius |
| Namesake: | Former US Secretary of the Navy Paul Ignatius [1] |
| Builder: | TBA |
| Laid down: | TBA |
| Launched: | TBA |
| Commissioned: | Expected 2018 |
| Status: | Authorized |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes 1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
PCU Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) is a future 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 second of seven planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which will contain elements of the Flight III ships projected to begin with DDG-123.
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