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Ardent (MCM 12)

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 22 October 1990 at Peterson Builders Inc.Sturgeon Bay Wisc.; Launched, 16 November 1991; Commissioned 18 February 1994.

Specifications: Displacement 1,253 t.(lt) , 1,367 t(fl); Length 224'; Beam 39'; Draft 15'; Speed 13.5k; Complement eight officers, 76 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.

Size	Image Description	Source
57k	c. 1993/1994 Ardent, Pioneer (MCM 9), Gladiator (MCM 11), and Warrior (MCM 10) at Peterson Builders.	Bob Daly/PC-1181
102k	-	-
234k	19 July 2005 Persian Gulf The Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship Ardent conducts Surface Action Group operations during exercise Nautical Union. Nautical Union is a joint exercise directed through Commander Destroyer Squadron Five Zero (COMDESRON 50) between the U.S. and coalition forces. Defense Visual Information Center photo 050719-N-5526M-012 by Photographer's Mate 1st class Robert R. McRill	Bill Gonyo
83k	4 April 2006	DC1(SW/SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit
103k	4 April 2006 Refueling from USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7)	DC1(SW/SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit

There is no DANFS history available for Ardent (MCM-12)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Ardent (MCM-12)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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