 USS Momsen in 2006
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Momsen |
| Namesake | Charles Momsen |
| Ordered | 6 March 1998 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 16 November 2001 |
| Launched | 19 July 2003 |
| Christened | 9 August 2003 |
| Commissioned | 28 August 2004 |
| Homeport | Everett |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Rise Above |
| Honours and awards | See Awards |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draught | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed | >30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 280 officers and enlisted men |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Momsen (DDG-92) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. Momsen is the twenty-sixth destroyer of the Arleigh Burke class to be built by Bath Iron Works. She is named after Vice Admiral Charles B. "Swede" Momsen of Flushing, Queens, New York (1896–1967). Vice Admiral Momsen made many contributions to the navy such as the invention of the Momsen Lung when he was assigned to the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Momsen was also involved in the first successful rescue of a crew of a sunken submarine, USS Squalus, and subsequently supervised the salvage of the boat.
Momsen's keel was laid on 16 November 2001. She was launched on 19 July 2003, sponsored by Admiral Momsen's daughter, Evelyn Momsen Hailey. Momsen was commissioned on 28 August 2004, at Panama City, Florida.[1]
The construction of Momsen and sister ship Chafee, from initial steelcutting to sea trials, was documented on the Discovery Channel television special Destroyer: Forged in Steel. The destroyers were not referenced by name, but their numbers were visible on their prows.[2] As of 2019, Momsen is serving in the Pacific Fleet, homeported in NAVSTA Everett, Washington, and recently assigned to Destroyer Squadron 31 based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- ^ "Navy to Commission Destroyer Momsen" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ "Discovery Channel To Feature General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Employees Building U.S. Navy Destroyers" (PDF) (Press release). General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. 11 September 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2008.