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MCM-1 Avenger





Call sign: November - Alpha - Hotel - Charlie



Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 3 June 1983 by Peterson Shipbuilders Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Launched, 15 June 1985; Commissioned USS Avenger (MCM-1), 12 September 1987; Present Disposition, as of 30 September 1995, Active Naval Reserve Force, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Homeport, Naval Station Ingleside, TX.

Specifications: Displacement 1,040 t.; Length 210'; Beam 38'; Draft 10' 6"; Speed 14k; Complement 80; Armament, two M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, two M60 7.62 mm machine guns, two MK19 Grenade Launchers; Propulsion, four Isotta Fraschini diesel engines (600 BHP each), two controllable reversible pitch propellers, two rudders, two electric light load propulsion motors; Auxiliary Systems, three Waukesha ship service diesel generator sets, one solar gas turbine generator, one omnithruster bow thruster system; Electronic systems; one AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), one AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, one AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar. one AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass; Mine Countermeasure Equipment Suite, one AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, one AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer
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Avenger 76k Underway during sea trials in late 1987. Peterson Shipbuilders
Avenger 66k The mine countermeasure ship USS Avenger (MCM-1) is docked at a pier in Norfolk, VA prior to being positioned aboard the submerged deck of the Dutch heavy lift ship SUPER SERVANT 3, 19 August 1990. The SUPER SERVANT 3 transported the Avenger and several ocean minesweepers to the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq`s invasion of Kuwait.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Avenger (MCM-1)-the lead ship in a new class of coastal minehunter-was laid down on 3 June 1983 at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., by the Peterson Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 15 June 1985; sponsored by Mrs. Sybil B. Stockdale; and commissioned on 12 September 1987, Comdr. Robert S. Rawls in command.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Avenger (MCM-1)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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