Bath-built ‘stealth’ Destroyer Named For Medal Of Honor Recipient To Be Commissioned In San Diego

The second of three Zumwalt-class so-called stealth destroyers built at Bath Iron Works will be commissioned Saturday in its homeport of San Diego. The DDG 1001, the future USS Michael Monsoor, will be commissioned at 10 a.m. at Naval Air Station North Island, according to a release from the Navy. Monsoor’s mother, Sally Monsoor, will serve as the ship’s sponsor. [Subscribe to our free morning newsletter and get the latest headlines in your inbox] The ship honors Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor, a Navy SEAL who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept.