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USS Daniel Inouye

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USS Daniel Inouye
History
Name Daniel Inouye
Namesake Daniel Inouye[4]
Builder Bath Iron Works
Laid down 14 May 2018[3]
Launched 27 October 2019
Sponsored by Irene Hirano Inouye
Christened 22 June 2019[5]
Acquired 8 March 2021[1]
Commissioned 8 December 2021[2]
Homeport Pearl Harbor
Identification MMSI number368926540Callsign: NDLIPennant number: DDG-118
Motto Go for Broke
Status In active service
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General characteristics
Class and type Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement 9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length 513 ft (156 m)
Draft 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[6]
Speed 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[6]
Complement 380 officers and enlisted
Armament 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mk 45 naval gun2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedo96-cell Mk 41 VLS for use of:RIM-66M Standard MissileBGM-109 TomahawkRUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
Aircraft carried 2 × SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities Double hangar and helipad

USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship is named to honor former United States Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.[4] Inouye was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II.[4]

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.[citation needed]

Daniel Inouye‘s keel was laid on 14 May 2018[3][7] and christened by Inouye’s widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, on 22 June 2019.[5][8] General Dynamics Bath Iron Works delivered the ship to the U.S. Navy on 8 March 2021.[1] 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.



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