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Avenger (MCM-1)

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 12 September 1987; 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 Waukasha Motors Co. diesel engines, 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 Degaussing System.

Size	Image Description	Source
39k	Line drawing	Joe Radigan
175k	Commissioning day U.S. Navy photo by PH1(AC) W. V. Breyfogle from the January 1988 edition of All Hands magazine	Joe Radigan
91k	U.S. Navy photo from the September 1989 edition of All Hands magazine	Joe Radigan
58k	-	-
122k	-	-
76k	Underway during sea trials in late 1987.	Peterson Shipbuilders
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. Photo DNSN9011817 by JO2 Sosa, USN	Defense Visual Information Center
82k	13 March 1999 Champion (MCM 4), Devastator (MCM 6) and Avenger in line for refueling. U.S. Navy photo 990313-N-7949J-0101	-
437k	27 April 1999 Champion (MCM 4) and Avenger at Toulon, France Photo by Guy Schaeffer	Paolo Marsan
223k	27 April 1999 Champion (MCM 4) outboard of Avenger at Toulon, France Photo by Guy Schaeffer	Paolo Marsan
103k	23 April 2001 The mine countermeasure ship Avenger passes under the Coronado Bay Bridge after a port visit to San Diego. Avenger is on a scheduled six-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo 010423-N-8894M-001 by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Federick McCahan	Bill Gonyo
90k	16 April 2004 The mine counter measure ship Avenger leaves Naval Base San Diego for a training deployment. Avenger, homeported in Texas, recently visited San Diego during a four-month training deployment. U.S. Navy photo 040416-N-8977L-002 by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Johansen Laurel	Bill Gonyo
137k	c. 2005 Avenger and USS Defender (MCM 2) at hurricane mooring.	HMC(SW) Charles T. Canterbury, IDC MHC Crew Gallant USS Shrike (MHC 62)
180k	c. November 2005 Panama City, FL	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10
90k	c. November 2005 Panama City, FL Cormorant (MHC 57) on the right.	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10
90k	c. November 2005 Panama City, FL	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10
90k	c. November 2005 Panama City, FL	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10
90k	c. November 2005 Panama City, FL	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10

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

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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