- USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001)
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Conceptual imageCareer 
Namesake: MA2 Michael A. Monsoor Awarded: 14 February 2008 Builder: Bath Iron Works Cost: US$3.3 billion Laid down: 2009 (planned) Commissioned: 2015 (planned) General characteristics Class and type: Zumwalt-class destroyer Displacement: 14,564 tons[1] Length: 600 ft (182.9 m) Beam: 80.7 ft (24.6 m) Draft: 27.6 ft (8.4 m) Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 gas turbines and emergency diesel generators, 78 MW Speed: 30.3 kn (56 km/h) Complement: 140 Sensors and
processing systems:AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array)
Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array)Armament: 20 × MK 57 VLS modules, with 4 vertical launch cells in each module, 80 cells total. Each cell can hold one or more missiles, depending on the size of the missiles.
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)
Tactical Tomahawk Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC)
2 × 155 mm Advanced Gun System
920 × 155 mm total; 600 in automated store + Auxiliary store room with up to 320 rounds (non-automatic) as of April 2005
70-100 LRLAP rounds planned as of 2005 of total
2 × Mk 110 57 mm gun (CIWS)Aircraft carried: 2 × SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or
1 × MH-60R helicopter
3 × MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAVUSS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) is to be the second ship of the Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers.
Namesake
The USS Michael Monsoor is named after Master-at-Arms Second Class Michael A. Monsoor (1981–2006), a United States Navy SEAL killed during the Iraq War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.[2]
References
- ^ "DDG 1000 Flight I Design". Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. 2007. http://www.ddg1000.com/overview/ddg1000_brief.php.
- ^ "Michael A. Monsoor". militarytimes.com. Military Times. http://www.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2377. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
Zumwalt-class destroyer Zumwalt · Michael Monsoor
List of destroyers of the United States Navy · List of destroyer classes of the United States NavyCategories:- Zumwalt class destroyers
- United States Navy proposed ships
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