USS Avenger (MCM-1)
Avenger undergoing shock test |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 29 June 1982 |
| Builder: | Peterson Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 3 June 1983 |
| Launched: | 15 June 1985 |
| Commissioned: | 12 September 1987 |
| Homeport: | Sasebo, Japan |
| Motto: | Dux et Defensor Semitae (“Guide & Defender of the Pathway”) |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Avenger class |
| Displacement: | 1,367 tons (1,390 t) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) overall |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Waukesha Motors Co. diesel engines, 2 × controllable/reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders, 2 × light-load electric motors |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 75 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass |
| Armament: | Mine hunting equipment: AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization System, AN/SQL-37(V)3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System, Armament: 4 × M2HB .50-cal machine guns, 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns, 2 × Mk 19 grenade launchers |
USS Avenger (MCM-1) is the lead ship of her class of mine countermeasures ship, and the third U.S. Navy ship of that name.
Read more about USS Avenger (MCM-1): Service History
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