USS Monssen (DD-436)
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Construction started | July 12, 1939 |
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Launched | May 16, 1940 |
Length | 106 m |
Displacement | 1. 479 million kg |
Builder | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
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ID | 2033445 |
About USS Monssen (DD-436)
USS Monssen (DD-436), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mons Monssen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions aboard USS Missouri in 1904. Commissioned in 1941, the destroyer saw service during World War II in both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.