{"id":45020,"date":"2022-12-22T22:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/22\/uss-paul-ignatius-returns-to-rota-from-6th-fleet-patrol\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:56:32","slug":"uss-paul-ignatius-returns-to-rota-from-6th-fleet-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/22\/uss-paul-ignatius-returns-to-rota-from-6th-fleet-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Paul Ignatius returns to Rota from 6th Fleet patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/06\/20\/uss-paul-ignatius-completes-homeport-shift-following-inaugural-patrol-to-6th-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\">guided-missile destroyer Paul Ignatius<\/a> returned to Rota, Spain, on Tuesday from a patrol in the 6th Fleet \u2014 its first as a Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe ship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ignatius\u2019 homeport shift from Mayport, Florida, earlier this year aligns with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/08\/05\/destroyer-bulkeley-departs-norfolk-for-new-homeport-in-rota-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Navy\u2019s plan to rotate the destroyers<\/a> based in Rota and comes as the service aims to bolster its destroyer fleet in Spain from four to six warships in the next several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the patrol, which kicked off in August, the ship operated in the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea and North Sea conducting theater antisubmarine warfare, air and missile defense, surface warfare training, and exhibiting expeditionary warfare capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/06\/29\/two-more-navy-destroyers-will-be-homeported-in-rota-spain\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Porter-Black-Sea.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Two more Navy destroyers will be homeported in Rota, Spain<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy officials said those moves won&#039;t occur until fiscal year 2024 at the earliest.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The destroyer integrated with the Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group and Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Baltic Sea to conduct interoperability operations with NATO allies. Additionally, the ship participated in the Finnish Navy Command-led exercise \u201cFreezing Winds\u201d in the Baltic Sea, along with units and personnel from 11 other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paul-Ignatius.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paul-Ignatius.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paul-Ignatius.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paul-Ignatius.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paul-Ignatius.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sailors assigned to the destroyer Paul Ignatius single up a line as the ship arrives in Riga, Latvia, Sept. 15. The ship, part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, was under the command Task Force 61\/2 in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations. (MC2 Aaron Lau\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more proud of this crew,\u201d Cmdr. Corry Lougee, executive officer of Paul Ignatius, said in a Navy news release. \u201cWe have been operational since February, and this ship continues to excel. Our Sailors executed the most successful homeport change to date, fought through the adversity of patrol, and now return to our new homeport stronger than ever. The mental toughness of this crew is beyond words, and we are so appreciative of the overwhelming support from our families, the base, Destroyer Squadron 60 and the amazing Spanish people of Rota.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship was commissioned in 2019 and is named after former Secretary of the Navy Paul Ignatius, who served during the Lyndon B. 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