page_title: USS Momsen
section_title: 2006
hierarchical_section_title: USS Momsen / Ship history / 2006
caption_attribution_description: PACIFIC OCEAN (April 20, 2016) – The guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) transits the Pacific Ocean. Momsen departed its homeport of Everett, Washington for a deployment to the Western Pacific as part of Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG), April 15. Momsen, along with guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Decatur (DDG 73), and embarked “Devil Fish” and “Warbirds” detachments of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, deployed as part of PAC SAG under Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 31. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds/Released)160420-N-QC631-106 Join the conversation: www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp www.facebook.com/USNavy www.twitter.com/USNavy navylive.dodlive.mil pinterest.com plus.google.com
context_page_description: USS Momsen is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy.
  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. "Swede" Momsen of Flushing, Queens, New York. Vice Admiral Momsen made many contributions to the navy such as the invention of the Momsen Lung when he was assigned to the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Momsen was also involved in the first successful rescue of a crew of a sunken submarine, USS Squalus, and subsequently supervised the salvage of the boat.
  Momsen's keel was laid on 16 November 2001. She was launched on 19 July 2003, sponsored by Admiral Momsen's daughter, Evelyn Momsen Hailey. Momsen was commissioned on 28 August 2004, at Panama City, Florida.
  As of 2019, Momsen is serving in the Pacific Fleet, homeported in NAVSTA Everett, Washington, and recently assigned to Destroyer Squadron 31 out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  The construction of Momsen and sister ship Chafee, from initial steelcutting to sea trials, was documented on the Discovery Channel television special Destroyer: Forged in Steel.
context_section_description: On 6 April 2006, Momsen departed Naval Station Everett for her maiden deployment. During the six-month cruise, the ship conducted training and operations throughout Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Momsen returned home from a successful maiden deployment on 22 September 2006.
caption: Momsen transits the Pacific Ocean.
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