Allied Warships

USS Monssen (ii) (DD 798)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 798
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.)
Ordered	14 Jun 1942
Laid down	1 Jun 1943
Launched	30 Oct 1943
Commissioned	14 Feb 1944
End service	Sep 1957
History	Decommissioned 30 April 1946. Recommissioned 31 October 1951. Decommissioned in September 1957. Stricken 1 February 1963. Sold 21 October 1963 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Monssen (ii) (DD 798)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Bernhardt Alois Fuetsch, USN	14 Feb 1944	21 Jul 1944
2	T/Cdr. Charles Kniese Bergin, USN	21 Jul 1944	8 Dec 1944
3	T/Lt.Cdr. Everett George Sanderson, USN	8 Dec 1944	30 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Monssen (ii) include:

6 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN), USS McGowan (Lt.Cdr. T.H.W. Conner, USN), USS Monssen (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Sanderson, USN) and USS Rowe (Cdr. A.L. Young, Jr., USN), with fuel.

29 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. C. Wellborn, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS McDermut (Cdr. C.B. Jennings, USN), USS Monssen (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Sanderson, USN), USS Stockham (Cdr. D.L. Moody, USN) and USS Benham (Lt.Cdr. W.L. Poindexter, USN), with fuel.