NEWS in from across the pond to the MSW news desk!
Dragon Models Limited has announced their latest offering, in 1/350 scale, the U.S.S. Momsen DDG-92!

USS MOMSEN is the 14th Flight IIA ARLEIGH BURKE - class guided missile destroyer and the Navy's first ship to honor Vice Admiral Charles Bowers "Swede" Momsen, who is best known for his efforts in the successful rescue of 33 crew members and the subsequent salvage of submarine USS SQUALUS after she sank in 240 feet of water in May 1939. He received a commendation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt for these actions.


Kit Details

Kit Name- USS Momsen DDG-92, Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer
ITEM NO: DRA 1022
SCALE: 1:350
ARRIVAL: December 2006
Box Size: 8.3"x21.3"x2.6"


- One-piece hull
- Accurately detailed gun
- Detailed helicoper hanger
- Photo-etched parts for railings
- Photo-etched radar components
- Photo-etched parts for bridge superstructure
- Racks for lifeboat- NEW TOOLING
- Remote Minehunting System (RMS) housing- NEW TOOLING
- Cartograf decal offer accurate markings


General Ship Characteristics

Awarded: March 6, 1998
Keel laid: November 16, 2001
Launched: August 9, 2003
Commissioned: August 28, 2004
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters)
Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load
Speed: 32 knots
Aircraft: two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters
Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes
Homeport: San Diego, Calif.
Crew: approx. 380

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