Monssen remained in the Volcanos, screening the carriers and providing gunfire support for the land forces, until 9 March, when she returned to Ulithi. After a week on picket station, she steamed north for fighter sweeps over Kyūshū, 2–3 June, then returned to Okinawa, whence she departed for further raids on Kyūshū, 8 June, and the bombardment of various northern Ryūkyū points. [1], At Adak, on the 14th, Monssen received word of the Japanese surrender, and new orders to return to Japan with TF 92 for occupation duty in the Ominato Naval Base area. That's it. [1], At dawn, Monssen resumed her patrol station and the next day departed for Hollandia, whence she screened reinforcement convoys to Leyte during November. Monssen was awarded four battle stars for World War II service. The Force then pursued the retiring enemy until turning back toward Saipan at dusk on the 21st. On 4 June the Battle of Midway commenced as Japanese aircraft flew against installations on the island. After Midway the force remained at Pearl Harbor for a month before departing again for combat. C. C. Storey, BM2c, L. F. Sturgeon, GM2c, and J. G. Hughes F1c, climbed back into the inferno and rescued eight men still aboard and alive, five of whom lived after reaching land. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. For the next five months she operated in the northwestern Atlantic, from the coast of New England and t… USS Monssen (DD-798) - WikiMili, The Free Encyclopedia - WikiMili, T On the 16th and 17th, strikes were conducted on the Tokyo area to prevent reinforcements from being sent to aid the Imperial forces in the Bonin and Volcano Islands. Arriving off Lunga Point on the 12th, a day after those from Espiritu Santo they commenced unloading. [1], Late on the 17th, Monssen departed Saipan and rendezvoused with the Fast Carrier Task Force (then 5th Fleet's TF 58, later 3rd Fleet's TF 38) west of Guam as reinforcements for the approaching engagement with the Imperial Japanese Navy which would later be known as the Battle of the Philippine Sea. N. Smoot in command. In 1992, an expedition headed by oceanographer Robert Ballard found the wreck of Monssen and other ships sunk during the Solomon Islands battles. In 1992, an expedition headed by oceanographer Robert Ballard found the wreck of Monssen and other ships sunk during the Solomon Islands battles. Commissioned in 1941, the destroyer saw service during World War II in both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. [1], The 7th Fleet was waiting. Following the Doolittle Raid, the force returned to Pearl Harbor, from which it sortied 30 April to aid Yorktown (CV-5) and Lexington (CV-2) in the Battle of the Coral Sea. With seas running 10 to 15 feet and wind gusting to 50 knots, she went aground on 6 March at Beach Haven Inlet, New Jersey, remaining there for 6 weeks before being pulled off and completing her journey. From San Diego, she screened Carrier Division 26 (CarDiv 26) to Pearl Harbor, arriving 8 May for rehearsals for the Marianas campaign. Shortly, after 01:40, 13 November, they sighted the enemy fleet, under Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe, 3 miles north of Kukum. On 8 November, she departed Nouméa with two cruisers and two other destroyers as Task Group 67.4 (TG 67.4), under Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, as escort for transports carrying reinforcements to the Marines on Guadalcanal. USS Monssen (DD-798) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant Mons Monssen (1867–1930), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for putting out a fire in a magazine on Missouri.

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