The New Destroyer Forward-Deployed by the US Navy

[Researcher Jongwoong Lee, Defense Technology Quality Institute] The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy, has successfully completed builder's sea trials.

The USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer currently under construction for the U.S. Navy. The keel laying ceremony for DDG 118 was held on May 14, 2018, and the naming ceremony took place on June 22, 2019.

The builder's sea trials consisted of a series of harbor and at-sea trials, during which the shipbuilder, Bath Iron Works (BIW), a subsidiary of General Dynamics, and the Navy evaluated the ship’s systems and delivery readiness.

The future USS Daniel Inouye is scheduled to return to sea early next year for acceptance trials conducted by the Naval Sea Systems Command. During the acceptance trials, all systems will be inspected and evaluated to ensure quality and operational readiness before the Navy formally accepts the ship.

The USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) is an Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyer equipped with the Aegis Baseline 9 combat system, which includes integrated air and missile defense capabilities and enhanced ballistic missile defense. This system provides rapid response times to various threats, high firepower, and increased electronic warfare countermeasures.

The Flight IIA destroyer design includes Kingfisher mine avoidance capability, a pair of helicopter hangars capable of operating two Lamps MK III MH-60 helicopters, explosion-resistant bulkheads, a regional electrical distribution system, and advanced network systems. Additionally, DDGs 91-96 are equipped with facilities for the A/N WLD-1 remote mine detection system. The first Flight IIA destroyer, USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), was commissioned in August 2000.

The USS Daniel Inouye is powered by four General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines. The ship can sail at a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and has a maximum cruising range of 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). This Flight IIA-class ship is 155 meters long and has a displacement of 9,300 tons.

The USS Daniel Inouye is armed with a 32-cell and a 64-cell Mk 41 vertical launch system, RIM-66 SM-2 surface-to-air missiles, BGM-109 Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles, 96 RUM-139 VL-Asroc anti-submarine missiles, anti-submarine missiles, one 5-inch (130mm)/62 caliber gun, two 25mm Mk 38 automatic cannons, four 50 caliber (12.7mm) heavy machine guns, two Mk 46 triple torpedo launchers, and one 20mm Phalanx CIWS system.

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