USS Momsen (DDG-92)
 The Momsen at Naval Station Everett |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | March 6, 1998 |
| Keel laying | November 16, 2001 |
| Launch | July 19, 2003 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | August 28, 2004 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
9200 tons |
| length |
156 meters |
| width |
20 metres |
| Draft |
9.5 meters |
| crew |
32 officers, 350 men |
| drive |
2 propellers, driven by 4 gas turbines; 100,000 wave horsepower |
| speed |
31 knots |
| Armament |
96 VLS cells |
The USS Momsen (DDG-92) is a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy . The ship is named after Vice Admiral Charles Momsen, who, among other things, looked for ways to rescue the crew of sunken submarines in the Bureau of Construction and Repair and was able to achieve some success in this area.
history
DDG-92 was commissioned in 1998 and laid down at Bath Iron Works in late 2001 . The destroyer was launched in July 2003 and was christened. The commissioning took place in August 2004 after the final equipment and shipyard test drives. The entire construction, from the initial steel cutting to the test drives, was followed by a team from Discovery Channel who shot the documentary Destroyers: Forged in Steel .
Momsen was posted to Everett Naval Station in Everett , Washington . In 2004 the ship took part in the Parade of Ships of the 24th San Francisco Fleet Week. In 2006 the Momsen first moved to the western Pacific and Southeast Asian waters. In 2008 the Momsen sailed alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, followed by a similar mission in 2010.
Armament
For defense against approaching missiles, the ship received the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) anti - aircraft missiles, which are fired from the Vertical Launching System . For further air defense, a close-in-weapon system in the form of the Phalanx MK 15 RAM was subsequently installed behind the aft chimney structure in 2007 , which was not originally intended for construction from DDG 85 (Block IV).
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- official website (English).