
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…