TSAMTO, December 17. The command of the US Navy announced on December 8 at the naval base "Pearl Harbor" the ceremony of commissioning into the fleet of the destroyer URO (DDG-118) "Daniel Inue" class "Arlie Burke".
The destroyer was built by the shipbuilding company General Dynamics Bath Iron Works.
(DDG-118) "Daniel Inue" is the 69th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer adopted by the US Navy. The ship's keel laying ceremony took place on May 14, 2018, the christening ceremony on June 22, 2019, and on March 8, 2021, the destroyer was transferred to the US Navy Command after completing a series of mooring and sea trials.
The DDG-118 is built in the Fly-2A version with the Aegis Baseline 9 weapon control system, which includes the AN/SPY-1 radar and the Mk fire control system.99, VPU Mk.41 and the SM-3 "Standard" missile defense systems, which ensure the defeat of air threats and missile defense.
As reported by TSAMTO, the Arly Burke-class destroyers are multi-purpose warships designed to solve a wide range of tasks in peacetime and wartime, including crisis management, ensuring dominance at sea, projecting military force. The ship is capable of launching missile and artillery strikes against naval groups and ground targets, fighting enemy submarines, providing fire support for Armed Forces units in the coastal zone, as well as performing command and control tasks, air defense / missile defense.
The construction of the ships is carried out by two companies: Huntington Ingalls Industries and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The last of the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works built on December 1, 2018, the US Navy destroyer URO (DDG-116) Thomas Hudner of the Arlie Burke class entered combat service.
Currently, several more ships of the series are under construction at Bath Iron Works: "Carl Levin" (DDG-120), "John Basilon" (DDG-122), "Harvey S. Barnum Jr." (DDG-124), "Louis H.Wilson Jr." (DDG-126), "Patrick Gallagher" (DDG-127), "William Charette" (DDG-130), "Quentin Walsh" (DDG-132) of the Arleigh Burke class, as well as the destroyer (DDG-1002) "Lyndon B. Johnson" of the Zumwalt class.
