USS Momsen (DDG-92)

9200 tons

156 meters

20 meters

9.5 meters

32 officers, 350 teams

Two propellers, each driven over 4 gas turbines; 100,000 shaft horsepower

31 knots

96 VLS cells, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 1 artillery 127 mm, 1 Phalanx CIWS, 2 25 mm guns

The USS Momsen (DDG -92 ) is a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke-class of the United States Navy. The ship is named after Vice Admiral Charles Momsen, who was looking in the Bureau of Construction and Repair, among other ways to rescue the crew of sunken submarines and was able to achieve some success in this area.

History

DDG -92 was added in 1998 in order and placed the end of 2001 at Bath Iron Works in Kiel. The destroyer was launched in July 2003 and was baptized. The commissioning took place, after final finishing and shipyard sea trials in August 2004. The whole building, from the first Stahlzuschneidearbeiten up to the tests, was followed by a team of Discovery Channel, the documentation Destroyer: Forged in Steel turned.

Momsen was stationed at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington. In 2004, the ship participated in the Parade of Ships of the 24th San Francisco Fleet Week. 2006 Momsen moved for the first time in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asian waters. 2008 Momsen went to the USS Abraham Lincoln ( CVN -72) side in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf in 2010 was followed by a similar use of driving.

Arming

For the defense of approaching missiles, the ship received the anti-aircraft missiles Evolved Sea Sparrow RIM -162 Missile ( ESSM ), which are fired from the Vertical Launching System. To further antiaircraft 2007 Close- In Weapon System has been installed in the form of the Phalanx MK 15 RAM later behind the aft funnel structure, which was not originally intended for the construction from DDG 85 (Block IV).