"Rafael Peralta" (DDG-115) is the 65th ship of its class.
 "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer .
 The destroyer can operate with a Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), as an element of a Surface Action Group (SAG), or independently.
 The ship can conduct a variety of missions in support of national military strategy.
 From peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, 115 will be capable of carrying out Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), Undersea Warfare (USW), Surface Warfare (SW), and Strike Warfare STW in multi-threat environments.
USS "Farragut" (DDG-99) is an "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
 She is the fifth Navy ship named for Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870), and the 49th ship of the "Arleigh Burke" class.
USS "Arleigh Burke" (DDG-51), named for Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (1901–1996), is the lead ship of the "Arleigh Burke"-class guided missile destroyers.
 She was laid down by the Bath Iron Works company at Bath, Maine, on 6 December 1988, and launched on 16 September 1989 by Mrs. Arleigh Burke.
 The Admiral was present in person at her commissioning ceremony on 4 July 1991, which was held on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
USS "Michael Murphy" (DDG-112) is the 62nd ship of the "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer s.
 She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Michael P. Murphy (1976–2005).
 Her contract was awarded on 13 September 2002 to the Bath Iron Works and Vice Admiral John Morgan, the first commanding officer of "Arleigh Burke" , made the first cut of steel.
 DDG-112 was named "Michael Murphy" by Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter on 7 May 2008 and her keel was laid down on 18 June 2010.
 The ship was christened on 7 May 2011, Murphy's birthday, by her sponsor Maureen Murphy, Michael Murphy's mother.
Sergeant Rafael Peralta (April 7, 1979 – November 15, 2004), assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, was a United States Marine killed in combat during Second Battle of Fallujah in the city of Fallujah, Iraq.
 In September 2008 his family was notified that he was awarded the Navy Cross, the second-highest award a United States Marine can receive.
 In February 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that a new "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer would be named the USS "Rafael Peralta".
"Ralph Johnson" (DDG-114) will be an "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer .
 The contract to build her was awarded on 26 September 2011 to Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
 On 15 February 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's named to be "Ralph Johnson" in honor of Marine Ralph H. Johnson, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for shielding two fellow Marines from a grenade in March 1968 during the Vietnam War.
 The contract was worth $697.6 million fixed price, and was also the 30th "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer contract issued to Ingalls Shipbuilding.
USS "Harvey C. Barnum Jr." (DDG-124) will be an "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer , first of the Flight III variants and 74th overall in the class.
 She was named in honor of Harvey C. Barnum Jr., a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the Vietnam War.
 Colonel Barnum served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Reserve Affairs) and as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).
 In a press release from General Dynamics, the parent company of Bath Iron Works, it was announced that the United States Navy has awarded funding for the planning and construction of DDG-124, for the Fiscal Year 2016.
 The $644.3 million contract modification fully funds this ship, and was awarded as part of a multi-year competition for "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyers awarded in 2013.
 "Harvey C. Barnum Jr." is expected to be commissioned in 2024.
USS "Barry" (DDG-52) is an "Arleigh Burke"-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned in 1992.
 "Barry" is the fourth United States Navy ship named after the "Father of the American Navy", Commodore John Barry (1745–1803).
 Its homeport is Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan.
 Several improvements over "Arleigh Burke" exist on this ship and all following "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyers.
 They include the ability to refuel a helicopter and several other small improvements.
USS "Cole" (DDG-67) is an "Arleigh Burke"-class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer homeported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
 "Cole" is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, a machine-gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, during World War II.
 "Cole" is one of 62 authorized "Arleigh Burke"-class guided missile destroyers, and one of 21 members of the Flight I-class that utilized the 5 in /54 caliber gun mounts found on the earliest of the "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyers.
 The ship was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding and was delivered to the Navy on 11 March 1996.
Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. (born October 11, 1948) is a former American politician and diplomat and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017.
 Mabus previously served as the State Auditor of Mississippi from 1984 to 1988, as the 60th Governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 and as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.

Question: What is the birthdate of this former American politician and diplomat and member of the Diplomatic Party, who annouunced that a new "Arleigh Burke" class destroyer would be named the USS "Rafael Peralta"?
Answer: October 11, 1948