WARSHIP USS PAUL IGNATIUS (DDG 117) BROUGHT TO LIFE

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PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. -- The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer,USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 27.The ship’s namesake, Paul Ignatius, served honorably as Secretary of the Navy under President LyndonJohnson from 1967 to 1969 and as a commissioned lieutenant during World War II aboard the Casablanca-classescort carrier USS Manila Bay (CVE 61).