USS ''Daniel Inouye'' (DDG-118) is an in the
United States Navy. She is named to honor former
United States Senator Daniel Inouye
Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative f ...
of Hawaii.
Inouye was awarded the
Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during
World War II.
She is part of Destroyer Squadron 31 of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.
Construction and commissioning
''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.
''Daniel Inouye''s keel was laid on 14 May 2018 and christened by Inouye's widow,
Irene Hirano Inouye
Irene Hirano Inouye (''née'' Yasutake; October 7, 1948 – April 7, 2020) was the founding President of the U.S.-Japan Council, a position she held ever since she helped create the organization in 2009 until her death. Hirano Inouye focused on b ...
, on 22 June 2019.
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
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is Joint Base, an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy's Naval Station Pearl ...
. 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.
References
External links
Official ship's site*
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
2019 ships