:USS Daniel Inouye

{{Short description|American Navy warship}}

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| Ship image = File:USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118), Hilo, Hawaii, 2021-11-16.jpg

| Ship caption = USS Daniel Inouye

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| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}

| Ship country = United States

| Ship name = Daniel Inouye

| Ship namesake = Daniel Inouye{{cite press release|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74367|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606072652/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74367|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2013|title=Navy Names Next Two Destroyers|publisher=United States Navy|id=NNS130523-13|date=23 May 2013|access-date=25 August 2016}}

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| Ship builder = Bath Iron Works

| Ship laid down = 14 May 2018{{cite press release|url=https://www.gdbiw.com/general-dynamics-bath-iron-works-lays-keel-of-daniel-inouye-ddg-118/|title=General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of Daniel Inouye (DDG 118)|publisher=Bath Iron Works|date=15 May 2018|access-date=15 May 2018}}

| Ship launched = 27 October 2019

| Ship sponsor = Irene Hirano Inouye

| Ship christened = 22 June 2019{{cite press release|url=https://www.gdbiw.com/general-dynamics-bath-iron-works-christens-future-uss-daniel-inouye/|title=General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Christens Future USS Daniel Inouye|publisher=Bath Iron Works|date=24 June 2019|access-date=24 June 2019}}

| Ship acquired = 8 March 2021{{cite press release|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2529493/navy-accepts-delivery-of-future-uss-daniel-inouye/|title=Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Daniel Inouye|publisher=United States Navy|date=8 March 2021|access-date=8 March 2021}}

| Ship commissioned = 8 December 2021{{cite press release|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2867206/uss-daniel-inouye-commissioned-at-pearl-harbor/|title=USS Daniel Inouye Commissioned at Pearl Harbor|publisher=United States Navy|date=8 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021}}

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| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|368926540}}

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| Ship status = In active service

| Ship homeport = Pearl Harbor

| Ship motto = Go for Broke

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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}

| Ship displacement = {{convert|9200|LT|abbr=on}}

| Ship length = {{convert|513|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship draft = {{convert|31|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion = 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines {{convert|100000|shp|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ddg-51.htm |title=DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class |work=Federation of American Scientists |publisher=Federation of American Scientists |date= 2 November 2016 |access-date=9 June 2021}}

| Ship speed = {{Convert|31|kn}}

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| Ship complement = 23 officers, 300 enlisted

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| Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament}}

| Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}}

| Ship aircraft 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.{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet Administrative Organization Chart |url=https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/Portals/54/Documents/CNSP/CNSP-ADCON-Org-Chart-220705.pdf |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Vavasseur |first=Xavier |date=2020-12-18 |title=BIW-built Destroyer Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) Heads to Sea for Builder Trials |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/12/biw-built-destroyer-daniel-inouye-ddg-118-heads-to-sea-for-builder-trials/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}

Daniel Inouye{{'}}s keel was laid on 14 May 2018{{cite press release|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105598|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516005558/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105598|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2018|title=Keel Laid for Future USS Daniel Inouye|publisher=United States Navy|id=NNS180515-04|date=15 May 2018|access-date=15 May 2018}} and christened by Inouye's widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, on 22 June 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesrecord.com/articles/front-page/biw-built-destroyer-uss-daniel-inouye-christened-in-honor-of-u-s-senator-war-hero/|title=BIW-built destroyer USS Daniel Inouye christened in honor of U.S. senator, war hero – The Times Record|first1=Darcie|last1=Moore|date=22 June 2019|website=Brunswick Times Record|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624141943/https://www.timesrecord.com/articles/front-page/biw-built-destroyer-uss-daniel-inouye-christened-in-honor-of-u-s-senator-war-hero/|url-status=dead}} 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.

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