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Description
New 1/1250 scale model of the US Navy destroyer Michael Monsoor DDG-1001 as in 2019 by Rhenania Junior.
USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. The design emphasizes stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section akin to a fishing boat despite her large size. She is home ported in San Diego, California. She is named after US Navy Seal Michael A. Monsoor who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for throwing himself on a grenade to save his comrades.
| Name: | Michael Monsoor |
| Namesake: | Michael A. Monsoor |
| Awarded: | 15 September 2011 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Cost: | ≈$1.4 billion |
| Laid down: | 23 May 2013 |
| Launched: | 20 June 2016 |
| Christened: | 18 June 2016 |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 2019 |
| Motto: | I Will Defend |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2019 |
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| Class and type: | Zumwalt-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 14,564 tons |
| Length: | 600 ft (182.9 m) |
| Beam: | 80.7 ft (24.6 m) |
| Draft: | 27.6 ft (8.4 m) |
| Installed power: | Integrated Power System (IPS) |
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| Speed: | 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph) |
| Complement: | 142 |
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