UPI.com:

The Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer future USS Daniel Inouye from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works this week.

Last month, the Inouye completed its acceptance trials, which included a series of demonstrations, at pierside and at sea, of the ship’s onboard systems.

And in December the vessel completed builder’s trials after spending four days at sea off the coast of Maine.

The destroyer is named for Daniel Inouye, who represented Hawaii in the U.S. Senate from 1963 until 2012.

“This highly capable platform will deliver the necessary combat power and proven capacity as the ship joins the world’s greatest Navy.” Capt. Seth Miller, DDG 51 class program manager, Program Executive Office Ships, said in a press release…

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