NEWPORT (Tribune News Service) — For the first time in two years a U.S. Navy vessel will visit Naval Station Newport.

The Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, the future USS Daniel Inouye will be visiting Naval Station Newport as the ship makes its way to its homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and a commissioning ceremony planned for December.

The Pre-Commissioning Unit left the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Shipyard on Oct. 4 to begin its voyage to Hawaii and future service with Destroyer Squadron 31 at Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The future USS Daniel Inouye is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer named in honor of Daniel Inouye, who served as a United States Senator for Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. He received the Medal of Honor on June 21, 2000 for his extraordinary heroism in action while serving with the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team in Italy during World War II.

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Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are multi-mission ships able to hold targets on land, at sea, in the air, and underwater at risk with a suite of sophisticated weapons and sensors.

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