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Navy To Name New Destroyer After Daniel Inouye
Last edited Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:44 AM - Edit history (1)
(AP) — The U.S. Navy will christen a new guided missile destroyer the USS Daniel Inouye this weekend during a ceremony in Maine.
The Arleigh Burke-class ship is being named after the war hero and politician who broke racial barriers in Congress.
Inouye represented Hawaii in the U.S. Senate for a half-century until his death in 2012.
He played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals and served as chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
Read more: https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/navy-to-name-new-destroyer-after-daniel-inouye/
