USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy currently in service. The ship is named after Paul Hamilton, the third United States Secretary of the Navy,
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Name: | USS Paul Hamilton |
Namesake: | Paul Hamilton |
Ordered: | 22 February 1990 |
Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down: | 24 August 1992 |
Launched: | 24 July 1993 |
Commissioned: | 27 May 1995 |
Homeport: | San Diego, California |
Motto: | The Courage to Prevail |
Status: | in active service |
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Class and type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
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Length: | 505 ft (154 m) |
Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion: | 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW) |
Speed: | >30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters can be embarked |
Constructed at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine, Paul Hamilton was commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina. The destroyer was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after her commissioning. She is currently homeported in San Diego, California.
In July 2015, she along with the Royal Navy's HMS Duncan, participated in airstrikes against ISIL.[1]
Photos
- Left side view of USS Paul Hamilton at the Manila Port Harbor
- Rear view of USS Paul Hamilton at the Manila Port Harbor
- An AN/SPY-1 Antenna of USS Paul Hamilton
- The main mast of USS Paul Hamilton
- Side view of the Phalanx CIWS of USS Paul Hamilton
- Front view of the Phalanx CIWS of USS Paul Hamilton
- Side view of the Mk 141 and Mk 32 launchers of USS Paul Hamilton
- Rear view of the Mk 141 and Mk 32 launchers of USS Paul Hamilton
- Side view of the Mk 45 main gun of USS Paul Hamilton
References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
- "HMS Duncan joins US Carrier on strike operations against ISIL". Royal Navy. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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