USS Defender (MCM-2)
.jpg) USS Defender (MCM-2) in port Pearl Harbor Hawaii, 2004. | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Defender |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1983 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1989 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 2014 |
| Homeport: | Sasebo, Japan |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 2014 |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
| Displacement: | 1,253 tons (light) 1,367 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | four Waukasha Motors Co. diesel engines, two controllable reversible pitch propellers, two rudders, two electric light load propulsion motors |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement: | 8 officers, 76 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | see text |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | see text |
| Armament: | six M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, four M240B 7.62mm machine guns, two Mk 19 grenade launchers |
USS Defender (MCM-2) was an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the service of the United States Navy. She entered service in September 1989 and was decommissioned in October 2014.
Construction and commissioning
It was laid down on 1 December 1983 at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisconsin; launched on 4 April 1987; and commissioned on 30 September 1989. As of 1 July 2009, she was active in, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Seven, U.S. Pacific Fleet, permanently forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan.
Defender was decommissioned at San Diego on 1 October 2014.[1]
Systems
Auxiliary systems: three Waukesha 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-7 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.
Operations
For a review of current year-to-year operations of USS Defender), including operations after Hurricane Katrina, see:
- Index for Histories/Command Operations Reports submitted by Defender (MCM 2)
- Mine Warfare Ships Support Hurricane Katrina Recovery, Relief Efforts
- Defender Clears Way for Shipping off Gulf Coast (2005)
See also
References
- ↑ "141001-N-VO234-037". Flickr. US Pacific Fleet. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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