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American Navy warship
USS
Daniel Inouye
(DDG-118)
is an
Arleigh Burke
-class
destroyer
in the
United States Navy
. She is named to honor former
United States Senator
Daniel Inouye
of Hawaii.
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Inouye was awarded the
Medal of Honor
for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during
World War II
.
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She is part of Destroyer Squadron 31 of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.
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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.
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Daniel Inouye
'
s keel was laid on 14 May 2018
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and christened by Inouye's widow,
Irene Hirano Inouye
, on 22 June 2019.
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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.
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References
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This article includes information collected from the
Naval Vessel Register
, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the
public domain
.
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