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Scout (MCM-8)

Call sign:
November - Alpha - Bravo - Whiskey

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 8 June 1987 at Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Launched, 20 May 1989; Commissioned 15 December 1990; Present Disposition, Active, in commission, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Homeport, Mine Warfare Center 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, 7.62mm machine guns, two Mk 19 Grenade Launchers; Propulsion four 600bhp Isotta Fraschini diesel engines, 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.

Size	Image Description	Source
77k	Photo taken from Malaga pier, in the Spring of 1999. Scout shown pierside, "nested".	Juan Ternero
85k	Photo taken from Malaga pier, in the Spring of 1999. Scout shown pierside, "nested".	Juan Ternero
85k	Photo taken from Malaga pier, in the Spring of 1999. Scout shown pierside.	Juan Ternero
66k	Photo taken from Malaga pier, in the Spring of 1999. Scout shown "nested" with Champion (MCM 4) and Avenger (MCM 1).	Juan Ternero
243k	22 October 2002 The mine countermeasure ship Scout is refueled from a hose that's floating 300 feet from the well deck of the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge (LHD 3). U.S. Navy photo 021022-N-2819P-528 by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jose Ponce.	Bill Gonyo
69k	27 April 2003 Scout's first visit to Valletta, Malta.	Anthony Vella, Senglea, Malta
184k	The minesweeper Scout prepares to dock at Allegheny Pier onboard NAS Pensacola, FL in front of the Canadian icebreaker Sir William Alexander. The icebreaker also is participating in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. The Scout, along with the USS Defender (MCM-2), USS Gladiator (MCM-11) and USS Falcon (MHC-59) recently completed a survey of 938 nautical miles along the coast of Louisiana since beginning operations on 10 September 2005 following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Mike O'Connor from the NAS Pensacola newspaper Gosport	Joe Radigan
110k	1 March 2008 Persian Gulf The mine countermeasure ship Scout, participates in a mine countermeasure training exercise involving American, British and Kuwaiti naval forces. Coalition sea services operate across the full spectrum of operations to including mine countermeasure capabilities, a key element of maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo 080303-N-0803S-005 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Schaeffer.	Robert M. Cieri

There is no DANFS history available for Scout (MCM-8)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Scout (MCM-8)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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