USS Monssen (DD-798)
USS Monssen (DD-798) underway after she was recommissioned, 1953. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Monssen |
| Namesake | Mons Monssen |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island |
| Laid down | 1 June 1943 |
| Launched | 30 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 14 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1946 |
| Badge | |
| Recommissioned | 31 October 1951 |
| Decommissioned | September 1957 or 11 December 1957 |
| Stricken | 1 February 1963 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | 8 × battle stars (WWII) |
| Fate | Sold 21 October 1963 and scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.73 m) oa |
| Beam | 39 ft 08 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) (max) |
| Installed power | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 319 |
| Armament |
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USS Monssen (DD-798) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant Mons Monssen (1867–1930), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for putting out a fire in a magazine on Missouri.
Monssen was laid down 1 June 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York; launched 30 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Mons Monssen; and commissioned 14 February 1944.