USS Daniel Inouye

	USS Jason Dunham, another Flight IIA Arleigh Burke.
History
Name:	USS Daniel Inouye
Namesake:	Daniel Inouye[1]
Builder:	Bath Iron Works
Laid down:	14 May 2018[2]
Launched:	27 October 2019
Sponsored by:	Irene Hirano Inouye
Christened:	22 June 2019[3]
Motto:	Go for Broke
Status:	Under construction
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement:	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length:	510 ft (160 m)
Draft:	33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Complement:	380 officers and enlisted
Armament:	1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles; 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/62, 2 × 25 mm Mk 38, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns; 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes; 1 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship will be 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]

Daniel Inouye will be the third of eight planned Flight IIA "technology insertion" ships, which will contain elements of the Flight III ships projected to begin with DDG-125.

Daniel Inouye's keel was laid on 14 May 2018[2][4] and christened by Inouye's widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, on 22 June 2019.[3][5]

References

"Navy Names Next Two Destroyers" (Press release). United States Navy. 23 May 2013. NNS130523-13. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
"General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of Daniel Inouye (DDG 118)" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
"General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Christens Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
"Keel Laid for Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 May 2018. NNS180515-04. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
Moore, Darcie (22 June 2019). "BIW-built destroyer USS Daniel Inouye christened in honor of U.S. senator, war hero - The Times Record". Brunswick Times Record.

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[NNS_Announcement-1] "Navy Names Next Two Destroyers" (Press release). United States Navy. 23 May 2013. NNS130523-13. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[Keel_laid-2] "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of Daniel Inouye (DDG 118)" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

[Christened-3] "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Christens Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[4] "Keel Laid for Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 May 2018. NNS180515-04. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

[5] Moore, Darcie (22 June 2019). "BIW-built destroyer USS Daniel Inouye christened in honor of U.S. senator, war hero - The Times Record". Brunswick Times Record.