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USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) is the third Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer and the first ship of the class homeported on the west coast. She is named after American Revolutionary War Naval Captain John Paul Jones. She was built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is currently part of Destroyer Squadron 23, and administratively reports to Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific.
 USS John Paul Jones in the Persian Gulf |
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| Name: | USS John Paul Jones |
| Namesake: | John Paul Jones |
| Ordered: | 25 September 1987 |
| Awarded: | 25 September 1987 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 8 August 1990 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 18 December 1993 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego |
| Motto: | In Harm's Way |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013 |
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| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Type: | 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 Personnel |
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| Armament: |
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 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 CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked |
