- USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
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For other ships of the same name, see USS Paul Hamilton.
USS Paul Hamilton returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Career (US) 
Name: USS Paul Hamilton Namesake: 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy, Paul Hamilton Operator: 
United States NavyOrdered: 22 February 1990 Builder: Bath Iron Works Laid down: 24 August 1992 Launched: 24 July 1993 Commissioned: 27 May 1995 Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Motto: The Courage to Prevail Status: in active service, as of 2011[update] Badge: 
General characteristics Class and type: Arleigh Burke class destroyer Displacement: Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t)
Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)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: 33 Officers
38 Chief Petty Officers
210 Enlisted PersonnelSensors and
processing systems:• AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar
• AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
• AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
• AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard SystemElectronic 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 BuoysArmament: 1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles
2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm)
2 × 25 mm chain gun
4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWSAircraft 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.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight I ships Arleigh Burke · Barry · John Paul Jones · Curtis Wilbur · Stout · John S. McCain · Mitscher · Laboon · Russell · Paul Hamilton · Ramage · Fitzgerald · Stethem · Carney · Benfold · Gonzalez · Cole · The Sullivans · Milius · Hopper · Ross
Flight II ships Flight IIA ships 5"/54 variant5"/62 variantWinston S. Churchill · Lassen · Howard · Bulkeley · McCampbell · Shoup · Mason · Preble · Mustin · Chafee · Pinckney · Momsen · Chung-Hoon · Nitze · James E. Williams · Bainbridge · Halsey · Forrest Sherman · Farragut · Kidd · Gridley · Sampson · Truxtun · Sterett · Dewey · Stockdale · Gravely · Wayne E. Meyer · Jason Dunham · William P. Lawrence · Spruance · Michael Murphy
List of destroyers of the United States Navy · List of destroyer classes of the United States NavyCategories:- Ships built in Maine
- Arleigh Burke class destroyers
- Active destroyers of the United States
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