USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
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- For other United States ships with the same name, see USS Paul Hamilton.
 USS Paul Hamilton returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 22 February 1990 |
| Laid down: | 24 August 1992 |
| Launched: | 24 July 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 27 May 1995 |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Motto: | The Courage to Prevail |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Light: approx. 6,794.38 tons Full: approx. 8,885.66 tons |
| 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) |
| Range: | 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 23 Officers 24 Chief Petty Officers 291 Enlisted Personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• AN/SPY-1D Radar • AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar • AN/SPS-64(V)9 Surface Search Radar • AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array • AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures • MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System • AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys |
| Armament: |
1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked |
USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
Paul Hamilton was commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina. Named after Paul Hamilton, the third United States Secretary of the Navy, she was constructed at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Brunswick, Maine and was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after her commissioning.
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