USS Daniel Inouye
USS Daniel Inouye | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Daniel Inouye |
| Namesake | Daniel Inouye |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 14 May 2018 |
| Launched | 27 October 2019 |
| Sponsored by | Irene Hirano Inouye |
| Christened | 22 June 2019 |
| Acquired | 8 March 2021 |
| Commissioned | 8 December 2021 |
| Homeport | Pearl Harbor |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Go for Broke |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Complement | 23 officers, 300 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar and helipad |
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USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is 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. She is part of Destroyer Squadron 31 of Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.