USS Daniel Inouye

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.^[1] Inouye was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II.^[1] She is part of Destroyer Squadron 31 of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.^[7]

USS Daniel Inouye
History
United States
Name	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]
Acquired	8 March 2021[4]
Commissioned	8 December 2021[5]
Homeport	Pearl Harbor
Identification	MMSI number: 368926540 Callsign: NDLI Pennant 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	23 officers, 300 enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

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.^[8]

Daniel Inouye's keel was laid on 14 May 2018^[9] and christened by Inouye's widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, on 22 June 2019.^[3][10] 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.^[5]

References

1. "Navy Names Next Two Destroyers" (Press release). United States Navy. 23 May 2013. NNS130523-13. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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.
3. "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Christens Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
4. "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). United States Navy. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
5. "USS Daniel Inouye Commissioned at Pearl Harbor" (Press release). United States Navy. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
6. "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. Federation of American Scientists. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
7. "Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet Administrative Organization Chart" (PDF). Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
8. Vavasseur, Xavier (18 December 2020). "BIW-built Destroyer Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) Heads to Sea for Builder Trials". Naval News. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
9. "Keel Laid for Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 May 2018. NNS180515-04. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
10. 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. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

 This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

External links

• Official ship's site
• Naval Vessel Register entry for USS Daniel Inouye