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| 25k | Ignatius was born in 1920, Glendale, California, the son of Armenian parents who migrated to the United States, Elisa (née Jamgochian) and Hovsep "Joseph" B. Ignatius. Ignatius is a trustee of the George C. Marshall Foundation and member of the Federal City Council and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs. He has served previously as chairman of the Board of Trustees for Logistics Management Institute; chairman, president and CEO of Air Transport Association; president of The Washington Post newspaper and executive vice president of The Washington Post Company; Secretary of the Navy; Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics). On May 23, 2013, the Navy announced that an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) would be named for him. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 128k | 130611-N-PM781-005. Washington, D.C., June 11 2013, former Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Paul Ignatius speaks during a ship naming ceremony held to celebrate the naming of the future USS Paul Ignatius. Current SECNAV, Ray Mabus, announced previously that the next Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer would be named USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arif Patani. | Ron Reeves | |
| 255k | Paul and Nancy Ignatius seated attended the start of fabrication ceremony for Paul’s namesake ship the guided missile destroyer (DDG-117), September 30 2014. | Tommy Trampp | |
 
 Keel laying ceremony on October 20 2015. | Ron Reeves | |||
| 16k | 161112-O-N0101-110. Pascagoula, Miss., November 12 2016, the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) is launched at first light Nov. 12, 2016 at Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. (U.S. Navy photo by Andrew Young courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries. | Ron Reeves | |
| 62k | Cover of the Christening pamphlet. | Ron Reeves | |
| 121k | Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) christening by Mrs. Ignatius. The ship's namesake is on the left. | Dale Hargrave | |
| 143k | Ships patch. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR Robby D. Trotter | 27 July 2019 - 07 February 2020 |
| 02 | CDR Lennard DeWayne Cannon (USNA 2000) | 07 February 2020 - 25 June 2021 |
| 03 | CDR Jeffrey Thomas Servello (USNA 2002) 1 | 25 June 2021 - 06 January 2022 |
| 02 | CDR Eric E. Meyers | 06 January 2022 - present (TDY) |
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves |
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