The USS Momsen (DDG-92) is a modern American missile destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 2001, it was launched in July 2003, and it was commissioned by the US Navy in 2004. The total length of the ship is 155.3 meters and a width of 20 meters. Full displacement is around 9,300 tons and the maximum speed is slightly above 30 knots. The destroyer is armed with: 2 VLS Mk. 41 - one 32-rail and one 64-rail, single 127 mm gun, two triple torpedo tubes or one 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS set. The ship can operate with two on-board helicopters, eg the Sikorsky MH-60R.
USS Momsen (DDG-92) is one of 65 active service destroyers belonging to the Arleigh Burke class. Units of this type were designed, were and are being built as multi-role destroyers, in which, however, special emphasis was placed on countering air targets. In the construction of these ships, the British experience from the Falklands war was used, and as a result, Kevlar armor was added to the most viable parts of ships of this class. At the same time, the Arleigh Burke-class ships have the revolutionary AEGIS network combat system, cooperating with the AN / SPY-1 radar, which provides them with unprecedented possibilities to control the airspace and counter air targets. This is the same system used on the Ticonderoga-class cruisers. One of the units of this class is the USS Momsen (DDG-92). The ship was built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. It was constructed in accordance with the Flight IIA standard, which means that compared to the Flight I standard, it has larger VLS launchers, the barrel of the 127 mm cannon has been extended, thanks to which its ballistic properties have improved and it has more modern electronic equipment. In addition, the USS Momsen sub-type has only one Vulcan Phalanx kit compared to two such kits mounted on standard vessels: Flight I, Flight II and the initial Flight IIA. USS Momsen made its first operational voyage in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia. During this voyage, it underwent extensive testing and crew training. In 2010, he was active in the Arabian Sea, where he took at least one action against pirates. In 2013, the ship operated in the 7th United States Fleet, taking part in the international CARAT and SAREX maneuvers. USS Momsen remains in active service.