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Guardian (MCM-5)



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Tango - Xray
Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 8 May 1985 at Peterson Builders Inc, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Launched, 20 June 1987; Commissioned 16 December 1989; Active, Mine Countermeasures Squadron One, Sasebo, Japan.

Specifications: Displacement 1,253 t.(lt) , 1,367 t(fl); Length 224'; Beam 39'; Draft 15'; Speed 13.5k; Complement; seven officers, 75 enlisted, 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 Isotta Fraschini 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.
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MCM-5/7 37k Guardian steaming to starboard of USS Patriot (MCM 7).
U.S. Navy Photo by Charles Whorton from the October 2001 edition of U.S. Naval Proceedings		 Joe Radigan
Guardian 192k 8 July 2005
The mine countermeasures ship Guardian pulls into the India Basin in Sasebo, Japan. The ship returned to Sasebo after completing a successful three-month deployment that included three joint exercises and port visits in six countries. Guardian is a mine countermeasures ship forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan.
U.S. Navy photo 050708-N-4124C-007		 Joe Radigan
There is no DANFS history available for Guardian (MCM-5)
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 Guardian (MCM-5)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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