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TexasTowelie

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Sat Jun 22, 2019, 12:56 AM Jun 2019

Navy will christen new destroyer at Bath Iron Works on Saturday

HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy will christen a new guided missile destroyer, the USS Daniel Inouye, during a ceremony in Maine.

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii will speak at Saturday’s ceremony in Bath, Maine. Inouye’s widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, will be the ship’s sponsor.

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.

Read more: https://www.journaltribune.com/articles/stateregional/navy-will-christen-new-destroyer-at-bath-iron-works-on-saturday/
(Biddeford Journal Tribune)

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