USS Sentry (MCM-3)
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 Sentry (front) and Kingfisher (MHC-56). |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1984 |
| Launched: | 20 September 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 2 September 1989 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007. |
| Homeport: | NS Ingleside, Texas |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,367 tons (1,390 t) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68.3 m), overall |
| Beam: | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Waukesha Motors Co. diesel engines, 2 × controllable pitch propellers, 2 × rudders, 2 × light-load electric motors; |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 6 officers and 75 enlisted |
| MCM Suite: | AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System. |
| Electronic systems: | AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass |
| Armament: | 2 × M2HB .50-cal machine guns, 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns, 2 × MK19 grenade launchers |
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USS Sentry (MCM-3), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the second U.S. Navy ship of that name.
Sentry was laid down on 8 October 1984 by the Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; launched on 20 September 1986; and commissioned on 2 September 1989.
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Sentry was the 1998 COMNAVSURFLANT Battle Efficiency Award winner for her class and was awarded the 1998 COMNAVSURFLANT Safety Award.
Sentry is part of Mine Countermeasures Squadron 2, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Her homeport is Naval Station Ingleside, Texas.
She is currently designated a reserve ship, and is only at full crew-member capacity when Selected Reservists are on board.
See USS Sentry for other ships of the same name.
[edit] External links
| Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship |
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Avenger | Defender | Sentry | Champion | Guardian | Devastator | Patriot | Scout | Pioneer | Warrior | Gladiator | Ardent | Dextrous | Chief |
| List of mine countermeasure ships of the United States Navy |
