HII DDG to be commissioned in Fla.

The Navy will commission its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), during a 9 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, July 27, at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The service can be watched online. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., delivered the ship to the Navy on Feb. 22, 2019. (Source: DoD media release 07/24/17)