USS ''Daniel Inouye'' (DDG-118) is an in the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

. She is named to honor former

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Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. Inouye was awarded the

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for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during

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. 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, 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,

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. 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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