USS Daniel Inouye

	USS Jason Dunham, another Flight IIA Arleigh Burke.
History
Name	USS Daniel Inouye
Namesake	Daniel Inouye
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	14 May 2018
Sponsored by	Irene Hirano Inouye
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length	510 ft (160 m)
Draft	33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles; 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/62, 2 × 25 mm Mk 38, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns; 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes; 1 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) will be an Template:Sclass- of the United States Navy. The ship will be named to honor former United States Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.^[2] Inouye was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II.^[2]

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-125.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Keel Laid for Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 May 2018. NNS180515-04. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Navy Names Next Two Destroyers" (Press release). Navy News Service. 23 May 2013. NNS130523-13. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[keel_laid-1] "Keel Laid for Future USS Daniel Inouye" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 May 2018. NNS180515-04. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

[NNS_Announcement-2] "Navy Names Next Two Destroyers" (Press release). Navy News Service. 23 May 2013. NNS130523-13. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

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