USS Avenger (MCM-1)

History of USS Avenger (MCM-1)

The USS Avenger (MCM-1) is classified as a mine countermeasure ship by the US Navy. She is the capital ship of her 14-man class and the third ship in the U.S. Navy to be named the Avenger.

Her class includes USS Defender (MCM-2), USS Sentry (MCM-3), USS Champion (MCM-4), USS Guardian (MCM-5), USS Devastator (MCM-6) and USS Patriot (MCM- 7). , USS Scout (MCM-8), USS Pioneer (MCM-9), USS Warrior (MCM-10), USS Gladiator (MCM-11), USS Ardent (MCM-12), USS Dextrous (MCM-13) and USS Boss (MCM-14).

Her exterior features a three-legged mainmast at the front of the design with a closed funnel in the middle. Her bridge is embedded in the superstructure aft of the bow, while the stern is very low and stepped. The Avenger is powered by 4 diesel engines from Waukesha Motors Company. The engine spins twin propellers, which themselves provide reversible pitch action.

There are two electric motors for light loads, and two separate rudders. The maximum speed is 14 knots.

The USS Avenger has a crew of 81, consisting of 6 officers and 75 crew members. Their sensor system includes an AN/SSN-2 Precision Integrated Navigation System (PINS) and an AN/SQQ-32 minehunting sonar system, an AN/SPS-55 ground-based radar and an AN/WSN-2 gyrocompass.

In terms of weapons, the Avengers carry a range of short-range defensive weapons, including 2 x 12.7mm Browning M2HB heavy machine guns, 2 x 7.62mm M60 general purpose machine guns and 2 x 40mm MK 19s automatic grenade launchers. For minesweeping - apparently the strength of the Avenger system - the ship uses AN/SLQ-48(V) mine neutralization system, AN/SQL-37(V)3 magneto-acoustic impact minesweeper, type Oropesa 0, size 1 mechanical scan Equipment and MDG 1801 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System.

Avenger's original hometown was NS Charleston, South Carolina. She was deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Storm, earning herself and her crew the Combat Operations Medal and Navy Unit Commendation. In 1993, she acquired a new home port in Ingleside, Texas.

Since then, she has been deployed in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific Oceans.

The aircraft carrier USS Avenger was first ordered on June 29, 1982, and built by Peterson Shipyard on June 3, 1983. The ship was launched on June 15, 1985 and officially commissioned on September 12, 1987. She established her hometown in Ingleside, Texas, and fought under the motto "Dux et Defensor Semitae," which means "guide and defender of the road." At this time, the ship was in service with the 2nd Mine Countermeasures Squadron, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, active duty U.S.

Navy Reserve.

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