USS Daniel Inouye DDG118 Christening Coin Medal June 22, 2019 Bath Maine For Sale

This medal commemorates the christening of USS Daniel Inouye DDG 118 is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke destroyer. She is named to honor for US Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. Inouye\'s keel was laid on 14 May 2018 and christened by Inouye\'s widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, on 22 June 2019. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works delivered the ship to the U.S. Navy on 8 March 2021. She was commissioned on 8 December 2021 in a ceremony at her homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. This coin is in excellent condition.