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DDG 53 - USS John Paul Jones (HULL 451)

Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer for the United States Navy
Length: 505'
Beam: 66'
Depth: 41'-10"
Draft: 20'-8 1/4"
Displacement: 6,605 (light ship), 8,422 (full load)
Other Data:
4 geared gas turbines, 100,000 horsepower, twin screws, twin rudders, steel superstructure, 2 stacks, 1 mast. 

Keel laid August 8,1990, launched October 26,1991, delivered August 20, 1993, commissioned December 18,1993 at San Diego. 

Complement of 26 officers and 315 enlisted. Assigned to the Pacific Fleet.

DDG 53 - Departing BIW - August 20, 1993