USS Daniel Inouye

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USS Daniel Inouye
History
File:Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameDaniel Inouye
NamesakeDaniel Inouye[1]
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down14 May 2018[2]
Launched27 October 2019
Sponsored byIrene Hirano Inouye
Christened22 June 2019[3]
Acquired8 March 2021[4]
Commissioned8 December 2021[5]
HomeportPearl Harbor
Identification
MottoGo for Broke
StatusIn active service
BadgeFile:USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) Crest.png
General characteristics
Class & typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length513 ft (156 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[6]
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[6]
Complement23 officers, 300 enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilitiesDouble hangar and helipad

USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named to honor former United States Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.[1] Inouye was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II.[1] She is part of Destroyer Squadron 31 of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.[7]

Construction and commissioning

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Daniel Inouye is the third of eight planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which contains elements of the Flight III ships projected to begin with DDG-125.[8]

Daniel Inouye's keel was laid on 14 May 2018[9] and christened by Inouye's widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, on 22 June 2019.[3][10] General Dynamics Bath Iron Works delivered the ship to the U.S. Navy on 8 March 2021. She was commissioned on 8 December 2021 in a ceremony at her homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. Maggie Inouye, with presence of Jessica Inouye and Jennifer Sabas, giving the order to "man our ship and bring her to life" in the place of Irene Hirano Inouye, who died in 2020.[5]

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