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U.S.S. MONSSEN
(DD-798)Click to view crew list
DD-798 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DD-798 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-798 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1942 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 APR 1942 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 1 JUN 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Staten Island | ||
OCT | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 30 OCT 1943 | ||
FEB | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 14 FEB 1944 | ||
MAY | 1944 | - | SEP | 1945 | operated in The Pacific War Zone |
MAY | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 MAY 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1946 | - | APR | 1946 | Decommisioning |
OCT | 1951 | - | DEC | 1957 | Recommisioning |
MAY | 1954 | - | NOV | 1954 | World Cruise |
OCT | 1954 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 OCT 1954 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1957 | - | Decommissioned: 3 DEC 1957 |
DD-798 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher class destroyer
Named for: Mons Monssen
Complement: 319 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 21 October 1963