USS John Paul Jones (DD-932)

History
United States
Name	USS John Paul Jones
Namesake	John Paul Jones
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	18 January 1954
Launched	7 May 1955
Commissioned	5 April 1956
Decommissioned	15 December 1982
Reclassified	DDG-32, 15 March 1967
Stricken	30 November 1985
Motto	I have not yet begun to fight
Fate	Sunk as a target, 31 January 2001
General characteristics
Class and type	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Displacement	4619 tons
Length	418 ft (127.4 m)
Beam	44 ft 11 in (14.7 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	324 officers and enlisted
Armament	3 × 5"/54 (127 mm/54) DP gun (3x1) 4 × 3"/50 (76 mm/50) (2x2) 2 Hedgehog ASW Mortars 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) TT (4x1) 6 × 12.75" (324 mm) Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3) After DDG conversion: 1 × 5"/54 (127 mm/54) DP (3x1) 6 × 12.75" (324 mm) Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3) one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) ASROC

USS John Paul Jones (DD-932/DDG-32), named for John Paul Jones, was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

John Paul Jones was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine on 18 January 1954, launched on 7 May 1955 by Mrs. Carney, wife of Admiral Robert B. Carney and commissioned on 5 April 1956, Comdr. R. W. Hayler, Jr., in command.