
BATH, Maine (May 14, 2018) Capt. Casey Moton, left, DDG-51 program manager, Irene Hirano Inouye, ship’s sponsor and widow of the namesake of the future guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), and Ed Kenyon, Bath Iron Works DDG-51 program director, stand next to a poster of DDG-118 during the ship’s keel authentication ceremony at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, May 14, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Dennis Griggs courtesy of General Dynamics/Released)
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BATH, Maine - The late U.S. Senator from Hawaiʻi will have his name on the 68th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, which is one of 21 ships currently under contract for the DDG 51 program.
(BIVN) – The name of the late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, already adorning many Hawaiʻi institutions, will next be given to the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, which will be christened this weekend in Maine.
From the U.S. Department of Defense: