Sentry (front) and USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sentry |
| Awarded: | 23 December 1983 |
| Builder: | Peterson Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1984 |
| Launched: | 20 September 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 2 September 1989 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego[1] |
| Motto: | "Iron men in wooden ships." |
| Nickname: | The Sentinel of the Sea |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 × Isatto Franchini Co. diesel engines, 2 × controllable pitch propellers, 2 × rudders, 2 × light-load electric motors |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 RHIB |
| Capacity: | 81 |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 75 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
MCM suite: AN/SLQ-48 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 Electronics: 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 |
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 Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 20 September 1986 and commissioned on 2 September 1989.
Her homeport is Naval Base San Diego.[1]
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