Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship

1,390 tons

68.3 m

11.9 m

4 m

6-11 70-75 officers and enlisted personnel

4 Waukesha Motor Company Diesel Generator, 2 adjustable propeller, 2 oars, 2 electric motors

14 knots (26 km / h)

2 M2HB 12.7 mm machine guns, 2 M60 7.62 mm machine guns, 2 × MK19 grenade launcher

AN/SLQ-48, AN/SQL-37, Mechanical clearance equipment, Marconi Magnetometer

AN/SSN-2, AN/SQQ-32 sonar, radar AN/SPS-55, AN/WSN-2 Gyro

The ships of the Avenger - class minesweepers of the United States Navy. You have the responsibility to evacuate important maritime lines of sea mines. To this end they are equipped with various sensors and mining equipment. The body consists of wood that is coated with glass fiber, in order to keep the magnetic signature to a minimum. Between 1987 and 1994 fourteen units were of Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wisconsin, and Peterson Ship Builders, also in Wisconsin, built.

The USS Avenger (MCM -1) was the longest in operation in the ship of the coalition forces during the second Gulf War in 1990/91.

Since 2005, the ships of the Avenger - class to the Active Naval Reserve Force, Mine Countermeasures Squadron 2, Atlantic Fleet U.S. belong.

List of units

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