According to information published by the U.S Department of Defense on December 8, 2021, the US. Navy commissions the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham.
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (Picture source: US Navy)
The ship is nearly 510 feet long and has a navigational draft of 33 feet. As a Flight IIA destroyer, DDG 118 is equipped with Aegis Baseline 9, which provides improved Integrated Air and Missile Defense capabilities, increased computing power, and radar capable of quickly detecting and reacting to modern air warfare and Ballistic Missile Defense threats.
Built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, Daniel Inouye was christened June 22, 2019, and delivered to the Navy on March 8, 2021.
USS Daniel Inouye is the 69th Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer commissioned to the Navy and the first ship to bear her name.
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are the backbone of the U.S. Navy's surface fleet and critical to the future Navy.
They are highly capable, multi-mission ships and can conduct various operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection – all supporting the United States military strategy.
The armament of the USS Daniel Inouye consists of two Mark-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) with 96 Standard, Vertical Launch ASROC (Anti-Submarine Rocket) & Tomahawk ASM (Air-to-Surface Missile)/LAM (Loitering Attack Missile), one 5-in (127-mm)/54 Mark-45 naval gun, two CIWS (Close-In Weapon System), two Mark-32 triple 324-mm torpedo tubes for Mark-46 or Mark-50 ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) torpedos.
USS Daniel Inouye's homeport is Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
