Name USS Daniel Inouye Laid down 31 October 2014 Commissioned Expected 2018 Length 155 m Builder Bath Iron Works | Namesake Daniel Inouye Launched TBA Status Authorized Construction started 31 October 2014 | |
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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. Inouye was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II.
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-124.
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