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DDG-60 USS PAUL HAMILTON

CLASS - BURKE Flight I As Built.
Displacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 504' 7" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/54 RF, 2 Phalanx 20mm Guns, 90 VLS Cells,
8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 370.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME on August 24 1992.
Launched July 24 1993 and commissioned May 27 1995.
Active unit of the US. Navy.
Homeported At Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

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Hamilton 22kThe ship's namesake, Revolutionary War hero and 3rd Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton.Steven A. Cardali
Hamilton 55kUndated, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Hamilton 84kThe Paul Hamilton DDG-60 at her Christening at Pascacoula, MS on 24 July 1993. Ingalls Photo.Robert M. Cieri
Hamilton 94kOn builder’s trials while underway in the Gulf of Maine in 1995.John Hammerer
Hamilton 66kA photo of the USS Paul Hamilton DDG-60 during Builder's Sea Trials in April 1995. Ingalls Photo.Robert M. Cieri
Hamilton 43kThe Commissioning Program. The event was held at Charleston, SC on 27 May 1995.Robert M. Cieri
Hamilton 85kAt sea aboard USS Hamilton (DDG 60) Oct. 25, 1995, the guided missile destroyer USS Hamilton (DDG 60) operating off the Hawaiian Islands during scheduled missile launch exercises. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jeffrey S. Viano.Fred Weiss
Hamilton 93kFremantle 1997.Graeme D Fuller
Hamilton 110kFremantle 1997.Graeme D Fuller
Hamilton 68kFremantle, Australia April 21 1997.Marc Piché
Hamilton 74kFremantle, Australia April 28 1997.Marc Piché
Hamilton 83kSydney harbor in April 1997.Marc Piché
Hamilton 162kPACIFIC OCEAN NEAR HAWAII, Jun. 18, 2000-- Five United States warships cruise in formation lead by USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). The ships are participants in RIMPAC 2000. RIMPAC is the largest maritime exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together military forces from seven different nations. U. S. Navy photo (000618-N-8421M-020) by PH2(NAC) David C. Mercil. Surface combatants are: USS Fletcher (DD-992), USS Crommelin (FFG-37), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) and a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, either USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) or USS Shiloh (CG-67).Fabio Peña
Hamilton 108kAt sea with USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) Nov. 9, 2002, the guided missile destroyer Paul Hamilton is performing combat missions during a regularly scheduled six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson.Fred Weiss
Hamilton 130kCentral Command Area of Responsibility, December 16 2002, aerial photo of Security Council Coalition ships. (From left to right) Her Majesty's Australian Ship HMAS Darwin (F 04), the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), the U.S. Navy spruance class destroyer USS Fletcher (DD 992), Her Majesty's Australian Ship HMAS Anzac (F 150), and the British Royal Navy ship HMS Cardiff (D 108). U.S. Navy photo.Fred Weiss
Hamilton 80kUSS Paul Hamilton entering Pearl Harbor April 26 2003, returning home from Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Hamilton fired the largest number of Tomahawk missiles of any Navy vessel engaged in the Operation. Note the Deployment Pennant flying from the port mast signifying over 9 months at sea.SK1(SW) Joseph A. Gless
Hamilton 95kAs above.SK1(SW) Joseph A. Gless
Hamilton 85kAs above.SK1(SW) Joseph A. Gless
Hamilton 48kAs above, photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class William R. Goodwin.Steven A, Cardali
Hamilton 43kAs above, photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class William R. Goodwin.Steven A, Cardali
Hamilton 114kUSS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) and USS Hamilton (DDG-60) deployed South China Sea 15 August 2005.Jack Treutle
Hamilton 95k070820-N-9758L-039. Pearl Harbor, HI, August 20 2007, a tugboat assigned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor assists Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) through the harbor waters as she makes her way pierside to Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor-based ships Paul Hamilton and USS O’Kane (DDG 77) returned to their homeport of Naval Station Pearl Harbor Aug. 20 after completion of a seven-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael A. Lantron.Bill Gonyo
Hamilton 100k070823-N-3642E-949. PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, August 23 2007, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter is transferred to the Naval Special Warfare Compound on a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. SECNAV toured the compound to get a first-hand look at the work being done by the SEALs in Pearl Harbor. Moored pier side is the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shawn P. Eklund.Bill Gonyo
Hamilton 58kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski

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