Mayor tours DDG 60 USS PAUL HAMILTON

The Officers and crew of Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS PAUL HAMILTON, recently invited Mayor James “Bong” Gordon of Olongapo for a tour on-board the top gun of the Gulf War having the distinction of being the only warship who had fired all its missiles in the heat of battle, reloaded, and again launched everything in its Vertically Launch System such as Tomahawk, ASROC and Missiles.

The ship’s mission is to conduct sustained combat operations at sea, in support of national security policy. She is equipped to operate offensively in high-density, multi-threat environment as an integral member of a carrier strike group, or independently. She has a crew of 23 officers and 300 enlisted sailors.

At the hearth of PAUL HAMILTON’s war-fighting capability is the AEGIS Combat System. This extensive integration of state of the art detection, control and weapons systems enable PAUL HAMILTON to meet any contingency of modern maritime warfare.