USS Avenger (MCM-1)

	Avenger undergoing shock test
History
United States
Name	USS Avenger
Ordered	29 June 1982
Builder	Peterson Shipbuilders
Laid down	3 June 1983
Launched	15 June 1985
Commissioned	12 September 1987
Decommissioned	30 September 2014
Homeport	Sasebo, Japan
Motto	Dux et Defensor Semitae; ("Guide & Defender of the Pathway");
Status	In reserve in the Pacific Reserve Fleet as of 2019
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General characteristics
Class & type	Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship
Displacement	1,367 tons (1,390 t)
Length	224 ft (68 m) overall
Beam	39 ft (12 m)
Draft	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	4 × Waukesha diesel engines,; 2 × controllable/reversible pitch propellers,; 2 × rudders,; 2 × light-load electric motors;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	6 officers, 75 enlisted
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS),; AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar,; AN/SPS-73 Surface Radar,; AN/WSN-7B Ring Laser Gyro;
Armament	Mine hunting equipment:; AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization System,; AN/SLQ-37(V)3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear,; Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment,; MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System,; Armament:; 4 × M2HB .50-cal machine guns,; 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns,; 2 × Mk 19 grenade launchers;

USS Avenger (MCM-1) was the lead ship of her class of mine countermeasures ship, and the third U.S. Navy ship of that name.

History
Avenger undergoing shock test
United States
Name	USS Avenger
Ordered	29 June 1982
Builder	Peterson Shipbuilders
Laid down	3 June 1983
Launched	15 June 1985
Commissioned	12 September 1987
Decommissioned	30 September 2014
Homeport	Sasebo, Japan
Motto	Dux et Defensor Semitae ("Guide & Defender of the Pathway")
Status	In reserve in the Pacific Reserve Fleet as of 2019
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship
Displacement	1,367 tons (1,390 t)
Length	224 ft (68 m) overall
Beam	39 ft (12 m)
Draft	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	4 × Waukesha diesel engines, 2 × controllable/reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders, 2 × light-load electric motors
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	6 officers, 75 enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-73 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-7B Ring Laser Gyro
Armament	Mine hunting equipment: AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization System, AN/SLQ-37(V)3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System, Armament: 4 × M2HB .50-cal machine guns, 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns, 2 × Mk 19 grenade launchers