USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) is the second ship of the Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers. 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. The ship is 600 feet (180 m) in length, with a beam of 80.7 feet (24.6 m) and displacing approximately 15,000 tons. Michael Monsoor have a crew size of 148 officers and sailors; she can make speed in excess of

11K views · 280 reactions | USS Michael Monsoor - DDG 1001 arrived at her new homeport in San Diego earlier today. Here she is seen steaming past Naval Air Station North Island and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). | Surface Warriors | Facebook

USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) is the second ship of the three-ship Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers. The Zumwalt-class was designed as a multi-mission surface combatant for land attack and littoral operations with a mission of supporting both ground campaigns and the joint/naval battlespace. The main guns are a pair of Advanced Gun Systems (AGS). The Navy cancelled the ammunition procurement program for the only type of ammunition it can use, so the AGS cannot provide naval gunfire su