Photos and the story

Monssen

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-798
Launched	1943-10-30
Commissioned	1944-02-14
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 21 October 1963
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Feutsch, Bernhardt Alois Captain, 14 February 1944 – 21 July 1944 Bergin, Charles Kniese Captain, 21 July 1944 – 8 December 1944 Sanderson, Everett George Captain from 8 December 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

USS Monssen (DD-798) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 30 October 1943 and entered service when she was commissioned on 14 February 1944.

Bernhardt Alois Feutsch was her first captain. He took command on the day she was commissioned and remained in that post until 21 July 1944.

Charles Kniese Bergin succeeded him the same day. Under Bergin, Monssen took part in the Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944, where she joined the destroyer torpedo attack.

Bergin’s tour ended on 8 December 1944. Everett George Sanderson assumed command that day and captained the ship from then on. Monssen came through the war. The hull was sold for scrap on 21 October 1963.

The pictures on this page are the originals.