Keel Laid: November 4, 2013
Christened: May 2, 2015
Commissioned: July 15, 2017

Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS.
Propulsion system: 4 - LM2500 GE Marine Gas Turbines 
Propellers: two 
Length, overall: 509.5 - 513.0 feet
Beam: Max 66 feet 
Draft: 31 feet 
Displacement: 9,192-9,217 tons full load
Speed: 31 knots
Aircraft: two SH-60B/R/F (LAMPS MK III) helicopters
Armament: 
 - 1 MK-45 MOD 4 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun
 - 1 MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS
 - 2 MK-38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS)   
 - 2 MK-41 VLS (96 cells) for Standard Missiles, Anti-Submarine 
Rocket (ASROC), Tomahawk ASM/LAM and RIM-162 ESSM
 - 2 MK-32 MOD 15 triple torpedo tubes (six MK 50/46 
MOD 5A Torpedoes)
 - 1 Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) laser system
Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan