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Navy Commissions USS Daniel Inouye

Navy Commissions USS Daniel Inouye
A joint Army-Navy color guard retires the colors during the commissioning ceremony of the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118), homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on December 8, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ernesto Bonilla)

The Navy commissioned the newest guided-missile destroyer, the USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118), on Dec. 8 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. DDG-118 is the 69th overall Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and a Flight IIA model. It was built by General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works [GD] at its Bath, Maine, shipyard. The Daniel Inouye was the 37th destroyer delivered by the company. The ship is named after the former U.S. Senator from Hawaii who served in Congress from 1962 until he…

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