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Sentry (MCM-3)

Call sign:
November - Sierra - November - Foxtrot

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 8 October 1984 at Peterson Builders Inc, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Launched 20 September 1986; Commissioned 2 September 1989; Present Disposition, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Homeport, Mine Warfare Center, Naval Station Ingleside, TX.

Specifications: Displacement 1,253 t.(lt) , 1,367 t(fl); Length 224'; Beam 39'; Draft 15'; Speed 13.5k; Complement; 7 officers, 75 enlisted, Armament, two M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, two M60 7.62 mm machine guns, two Mk 19 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 omni-thruster 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
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115	The Gulf of Mexico, 16 March 2000. Sentry foreground, and coastal minehunter USS Kingfisher (MHC 56) are underway in the Gulf of Mexico as they depart Naval Station, Ingleside, TX for a cruise to the Great Lakes and to several fleet exercises. U.S. Navy photo 000316-N-7867W-507	Photographer's Mate 1st Class Charlo Whorton
150	22 May 2002 New York City The mine countermeasures ship Sentry renders honors to New York City as she participates in the "Parade of Sail" up the Hudson River. More than 6000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel aboard 22 ships sailed into New York during the 15th Annual Fleet Week celebration. U.S. Navy photo 020522-N-2383B-655 by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera	Bill Gonyo
45	27 April 2003 Sentry's first visit to Valletta, Malta.	Anthony Vella Senglea, Malta
430	14 December 2007 Ingleside, TX The mine countermeasures ship Sentry, homeported at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas, took top honors in the station's annual Ships' Lighting Competition. U.S. Navy photo 071214-N-0000A-001 by Mike Antoine	Lee Wahler

There is no DANFS history available for Sentry (MCM-3)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Sentry (MCM-3)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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