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| Career
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| Ordered:
| 6 March 1998
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| Laid down:
| 16 November 2001
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| Launched:
| 19 July 2003
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| Commissioned:
| 28 August 2004
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| Decommissioned:
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 9,200 tons
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| Length:
| 509 ft 6 in
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| Beam:
| 66 ft
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| Draught:
| 31 ft
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp
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| Speed:
| 30+ knots
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 380 officers and enlisted
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| Armament:
| 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
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| Aircraft:
| 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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| Motto:
| Rise Above
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USS Momsen (DDG-92) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy, actively serving as of 2004.
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. Momsen of Flushing, Long Island, New York (1896-1967), who honorably served in the U.S. Navy. Vice Admiral Momsen made many contributions to the navy such as the inventor of the Momsen Lungs where he assigned to the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Momsen was also involved in the salvage of the sunken submarine USS Squalus (SS-192).
Momsen's keel was laid on 16 November 2001. She was launched on 19 July 2003, sponsored by the Admiral's daughter, Evelyn Momsen Hailey. Momsen was commissioned on 28 August 2004, with Cmdr. Edward Kenyon as her first commanding officer.
She is the Navys first ship to carry the Remote Minehunting System, an unmanned craft that seeks out underwater mines to protect the ship and Sailors.
She is serving in the Pacific Fleet, homeported in Everett, Washington.
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
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