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USS Momsen (DDG-92)
The USS Momsen (DDG-92) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
in the United States Navy.
The 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 (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, USS Squalus (SS-192), and subsequently supervised the salvage
of the boat.
In September 2009 Momsen was rumored to have run aground in
Canadian Waters. However, no damage to the vessel was sustained and these
rumors are unfounded.
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