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MCM-12 Ardent


Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 22 October 1990 at Peterson Builders Inc.Sturgeon Bay Wisc.; Launched, 16 November 1991; Commissioned USS Ardent (MCM-12), 18 February 1994; Present Disposition, Active, In Commission, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, US Atlantic Fleet, Homeported Manama, Bahrain.

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.
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MCM-9/10/11/12 57k Ardent, Pioneer (MCM 9), Gladiator (MCM 11), and Warrior (MCM 10) at Peterson Builders. c. 1993/94. Bob Daly/PC-1181
Ardent 102k - -

There is no DANFS history available for Ardent (MCM-12) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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 Ardent (MCM-12)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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