USS Paul Hamilton at
Pearl Harbor on 3 February 2007
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | 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 |
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Motto | The Courage to Prevail |
Status | in active service |
Notes | Ship's Flag |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 505 ft (154 m) |
Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R |
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.
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.[ citation needed]
In July 2015, she along with the Royal Navy's HMS Duncan, participated in airstrikes against ISIL. [4]
In 2019, cargo ship Bass Strait, belonging to Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, launched a series of drones that surveilled and harassed Paul Hamilton in waters off of Southern California. [5] [6]
In honor of the ship's namesake Paul Hamilton, a South Carolinian who was a Revolutionary War soldier and the 42nd governor of South Carolina, USS Paul Hamilton flies the Moultrie Flag, a Revolutionary War battle flag closely associated with South Carolina. [7]