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MISSUE NO. 3119 

May 09 - 15, 2008

 

 Coastweek   Kenya


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UNITED STATES NAVY VISIT MOMBASA

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Coastweek - - United States Navy guided missile
destroyer USS Momsen (DDG-92) visiting Mombasa.
PHOTO: GERMAN NAVY WEBSITE: http://www.navysite.de

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for a routine three-day call on Kenya

Coastweek - - The United States Navy guided missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG-92) has been visiting Mombasa during a routine three-day call on Kenya.

Under the command of Captain Mike Sparks the 9,200 tons warship carries a complement of 32 Officers and 348 Enlisted sailors.  

USS Momsen (DDG-92) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy, actively serving as of 2007.

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. Momsen of Flushing, Queens, New York (1896-1967).

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 and subsequently supervised the salvage of the ship (USS Squalus (SS-192)).

Momsen's keel was laid on 16 November 2001. She was launched on 19 July 2003, sponsored by the Admiral's daughter, Evelyn Momsen Hailey.

Momsen was commissioned on 28 August 2004, at Panama City, Florida, with Commander Edward Kenyon as her first captain.

The construction of Momsen, from initial steelcutting to sea trials, was documented in the Discovery Channel television special "Destroyer: Forged in Steel".

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