USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001)
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| Namesake: | MA2 Michael A. Monsoor |
| Awarded: | 14 February 2008 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Cost: | US$3.3 billion |
| Laid down: | 2009 (planned) |
| Commissioned: | 2015 (planned) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Zumwalt-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 14,564 tons[1] |
| Length: | 600 ft (182.9 m) |
| Beam: | 80.7 ft (24.6 m) |
| Draft: | 27.6 ft (8.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 gas turbines and emergency diesel generators, 78 MW |
| Speed: | 30.3 knots (56.1 km/h; 34.9 mph) |
| Complement: | 140 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array) Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array) |
| Armament: | 20 × MK 57 VLS modules, with 4 vertical launch cells in each module, 80 cells total. Each cell can hold one or more missiles, depending on the size of the missiles. Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Tactical Tomahawk Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) 2 × 155 mm Advanced Gun System 920 × 155 mm total; 600 in automated store + Auxiliary store room with up to 320 rounds (non-automatic) as of April 2005 70-100 LRLAP rounds planned as of 2005 of total 2 × Mk 110 57 mm gun (CIWS) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or 1 × MH-60R helicopter 3 × MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV |
USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) is to be the second ship of the Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers. The USS Michael Monsoor will be a multi-mission surface combatant tailored for advanced land attack and littoral dominance. The ship's mission is to provide credible, independent forward presence and deterrence and to operate as an integral part of naval, joint or combined maritime forces.
The USS Michael Monsoor will be the second Zumwalt-class destroyer. The ship will be 600 feet in length, have a beam of 80.7 feet and displace approximately 15,000 tons. Michael Monsoor will have a crew size of 148 officers and Sailors; it will make speed in excess of 30 knots.
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Namesake [edit]
The USS Michael Monsoor is named after Master-at-Arms Second Class Michael A. Monsoor (1981–2006), a United States Navy SEAL killed during the Iraq War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.[2]
Construction [edit]
Assembly of modules for Michael Moonsoor began in March 2010.[3]
References [edit]
- ^ "DDG 1000 Flight I Design". Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. 2007.
- ^ "Michael A. Monsoor". militarytimes.com. Military Times. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ "Flash Traffic: Keel Laid for 1st DDG-1000 Destroyer". The Navy (Navy Leage of Australia) 74 (1): 15. January 2012. ISSN 1322-6231.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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