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Dextrous (MCM-13)

Call sign:
November - Delta - Echo - Xray

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship:: Laid down 11 March 1991 at Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay Wisc; Launched 20 June 1992; Commissioned 9 July 1994; 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; 8 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
184k	U.S. Navy photo	-
77k	.	Bob Daly/PC-1181
199k	16 June 1997 Mina Sulman, Bahrain Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen addresses crew members at pierside from the Dextrous. Cohen visited with crews from four U.S. ships and an All-Hands Call of personnel assigned to the 5th Fleet. Department of Defense photo 970616-D-2987S-120 by Helene C. Stikkel	Bill Gonyo
132k	28 October 2001 Manama, Bahrain Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England, met with the Commanding Officer and the Sailors of the minesweeper Dextrous which is forward-deployed in Bahrain. The Secretary is visiting Sailors and Marines who are supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Defense Visual Information Center photo 0011028-N-8732S-005 by Chief Photographer's Mate(AW/SW) Michael A. Strand.	Bill Gonyo
301k	19 March 2003 The mine countermeasure ship Dextrous takes part in mine counter measure operations in the Arabian Gulf along with coalition forces. Dextrous is forward deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Defense Visual Information Center photo 030319-N-5319A-001 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho.	Bill Gonyo
130k	7 November 2003 Naval Support Activity Manama, Bahrain The mine countermeasure ship Dexterous pulls away from the pier as it gets underway. She was participating in Mine Warfare Readiness and Effectiveness Measuring Program 27 to collect and analyze mine warfare data. The data collected used to develop a database that can be used to weigh decisions on proposed system improvements U.S. Navy photo 031107-N-4374S-003 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg	Bill Gonyo
99k	29 July 2004 Arabian Gulf Mineman Steven Hill stands at the helms wheel in the pilothouse aboard the mine countermeasure ship Dextrous when she was forward deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo 040729-N-4274S-008 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg	Bill Gonyo
173k	U.S. Navy photo by Brien Aho from the July 2005 edition of Naval Institute Proceedings.	Joe Radigan
100k	28 March 2006 Northern Arabian Gulf.	DC1(SW/SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit
119k	28 March 2006 Northern Arabian Gulf.	DC1(SW/SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit
102k	28 March 2006 Northern Arabian Gulf.	DC1(SW/SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit
99k	28 March 2006 Northern Arabian Gulf.	DC1(SW/SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit

There is no DANFS history available for Dextrous (MCM-13)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Dextrous (MCM-13)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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