U.S. Navy accepts delivery of future USS Michael Monsoor destroyer
NewsApril 25, 2018
BATH, Maine. The U.S. Navy accepted hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) delivery of the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) from shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on April 24.
The 610-foot, wave-piercing tumblehome ship design -- in naval architecture, a tumblehome design is one in which the ship's hull is narrower, with greater distance above the waterline -- say Navy officials, plus the arrangement of its antennas, significantly reduce the vessel's radar cross-section, making the ship less visible to enemy radars.
In the same way as the first ship of its class, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), DDG 1001 employs new type of highly survivable integrated power system (IPS), distributing 1,000 volts of direct current across the ship. The newly designed architectural capabilitiesof the IPS include the ability to allocate all 78 megawatts of installed power to propulsion, ship's service, and combat system loads from the same gas turbine prime movers as required.
The new ship is named in honor of Michael Anthony Monsoor, a U.S. Navy Seal who was killed in action in 2006 in Iraq and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Following HM&E delivery, the future USS Michael Monsoor will transit to its home port in San Diego, California, for commissioning in January 2019 and will subsequently begin combat systems activation, testing, and trials.
