USS ''Paul Ignatius'' (DDG-117) is an of the
United States Navy. She is named for
Paul Ignatius
Paul Robert Ignatius (born November 11, 1920) is an American government official who served as Secretary of the Navy between 1967 and 1969 and was the Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Lyndon Johnson Administration.
Life and career
Ignat ...
who served as United States
Secretary of the Navy under President
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
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.
''Paul Ignatius'' was launched on 12 November 2016,
and was
christened on 8 April 2017.
She was
commissioned on 27 July 2019
Port Everglades
Port Everglades is a seaport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, located in Broward County. Port Everglades is one of South Florida's foremost economic engines, as it is the gateway for both international trade and cruise vacations. In 2019, Port Eve ...
in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
. 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.
''Paul Ignatius'' is homeported in
Rota
Rota or ROTA may refer to:
Places
* Rota (island), in the Marianas archipelago
* Rota (volcano), in Nicaragua
* Rota, Andalusia, a town in Andalusia, Spain
* Naval Station Rota, Spain
People
* Rota (surname), a surname (including a list of peop ...
, 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.
On 17 June 2022, ''Paul Ignatius'' arrived at her new homeport of in Rota, Spain. Her
Phalanx CIWS was moved to the forward mount and she received the
SeaRAM close-in weapon system on her aft mount.
In the autumn of 2022, ''Paul Ignatius'' conducted a routine patrol in the
Baltic Sea, where she was accompanied by the support ship . The ship also passed the area in the Baltic Sea where
Nord Stream Nord Stream (German-English mixed expression; german: Nord and en, Stream, literally 'North Stream'; russian: Северный поток, ''Severny potok'') is a network of offshore natural gas pipelines in Europe which run under the Baltic Sea f ...
gas pipelines have
been sabotaged. According to Danish media, the destroyer assisted in "guarding the crime scene of the gas leaks".
External links
USS ''Paul Ignatius'' official website
References
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
2016 ships
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