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Sentry (MCM-3)

Call sign:
November - Sierra - November - Foxtrot

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship:

The second Senty was laid down 8 October 1984 by Peterson Builders Inc, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Launched 20 September 1986

Commissioned 2 September 1989.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,253 t.(lt), 1,367 t.(fl)

Length 224'

Beam 39'

Draft 15'

Speed 13.5 kts.

Complement 82

Armament: Two M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, two M60 7.62 mm machine guns and two Mk19 grenade launchers

Propulsion: Four 600bhp Isotta Fraschini diesel engines, two controllable reversible pitch propellers and two electric light load propulsion motors

Auxiliary Systems: Three Waukesha ship service diesel generator sets, one Solar gas turbine generator and 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 and 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, and

MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System.

Size	Image Description	Source
123	-	-
133	Department of Defense photo from "Twenty-First Century Warships" by Steve Crawford	Robert Hurst
378	6 June 1990 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Photo by Rick Garcia	Chris Howell
169	c. 1990 Photo courtesy of L & L van Ginderen	Robert Hurst
115	16 March 2000 Gulf of Mexico 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 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
221k	23 September 2005 Ingleside, TX In preparation of Hurricane Rita, mine countermeasures ships home ported at Naval Station Ingleside nest in a modified mooring. Ships present (left to right): Unknown, Scout (MCM 8), unknown, Sentry (MCM 3), Champion (MCM 4), Pioneer (MCM 9), Chief (MCM 14), Gladiator (MCM 11), Avenger (MCM 1) and Defender (MCM 2). U.S. Navy photo 050923-N-4913K-006 by Fifi Kieschnick	Robert M. Cieri
430	14 December 2007 Ingleside, TX 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
236	9 September 2009 San Diego, CA Sentry, arrives at its new homeport at Naval Base San Diego after transiting from Ingleside, Texas. Sentry is the last of the eight mine countermeasure ships shifting homeports from Ingleside, Texas to Naval Station San Diego as part of the Defense Base Realignment and Closure. U.S. Navy photo 090909-N-0209M-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Martin	Lee Wahler
193	20 September 2012 Gulf of Oman The British Royal Fleet Auxiliary amphibious assault vessel RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009), left, the mine countermeasures ship Sentry, the British Royal navy destroyer HMS Diamond (D 34), and the mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6) transit in formation in the Gulf of Oman. The coalition force is operating in support of International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 2012 as part of Task Force South. IMCMEX 12 includes navies from more than 30 countries and focuses on promoting regional security through mine countermeasure operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility U.S. Navy photo 120920-N-ZZ999-008 by Lt. Cmdr. Micah Murphy	Ron Reeves

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR Peter Francis Carr, USN	2 September 1989 - 1 June 1991
02	LCDR George Parker Croy, III, USN	1 June 1991 - 5 February 1993
03	LCDR Neal Joseph Kusumoto, USN	5 February 1993 - 29 October 1994
04	LCDR Terry Tyrone Miller, USN	29 October 1994 - 20 January 1995
05	LCDR Anthony Michael Kurta, USN - Retired as Rear Admiral	20 January 1995 - 25 July 1995
06	LCDR Thomas Marvin Clemons, III, USN	25 July 1995 - January 1996
07	LCDR Jonathan James Olson, USN	January 1996 - 21 February 1998
08	LCDR George Bonsall, USN	21 February 1998 - 6 August 1999
09	LCDR Donald Gayle Hornbeck, USN	6 August 1999 - 2 March 2001
10	LCDR Frank S. Lincous, USN	2 March 2001 - 6 December 2002
11	LCDR John Milner Zuzich, USN	6 December 2002 - 8 October 2004
12	LCDR Patrick Tyler Britt, USN	8 October 2004 - 2005
13	LCDR William Scott Switzer, USN	2005 - October 2005
14	LCDR David Thomas Peterson, USN	October 2005 - 22 September 2006
15	LCDR John Kenneth (Ken) Reilley, USN	September 2006 - 16 April 2007
16	LCDR Benjamin R. Nicholson, USN	16 April 2007 - March 2008
17	LCDR Adam McGregor Aycock, USN	March 2008 - June 2009
18	LCDR Hans Eric Lynch, USN	June 2009 - 2010
19	LCDR Victor Brace Sheldon, USN	2010 - 2011
20	LCDR R. Curtis Sparling, USN	2011 - April 2012
21	LCDR Jack Beattie Benfield, USN	April 2012


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan

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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