USS Avenger (MCM-1)

USS Avenger (MCM-1)

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

"Avenger" was laid down on 3 June 1983 by the Peterson Shipbuilders Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; launched on 15 June 1985, sponsored by Mrs. Sybill Stockdale; and commissioned on 12 September 1987 .

Subsequent to her commissioning and a period of test and trials, "Avenger" arrived in her homeport of NS Charleston, South Carolina, and began operating as a member of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Following the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, "Avenger" deployed to the Persian Gulf as a coalition force member in support of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm on 16 August 1990. "Avenger" was the longest-serving ship from all of the coalition forces during the Shield/Storm conflict, as well as the first ship in the history of naval warfare to locate and neutralize bottom mines. "Avenger" was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation and Combat Action Ribbon for her wartime accomplishments. In 1993, "Avenger" shifted homeports to the newly constructed Naval Station Ingleside, Texas. Since that time she deployed to the Eastern Atlantic in 1993 and 1995, Mediterranean Sea in 1997 and 1999. In 2001 "Avenger" deployed to the Eastern Pacific via the Panama Canal and conducted Joint, Combined, and Bilateral exercises and operations on the West Coast. Late in 2001, "Avenger" conducted test operations of a revolutionary jam-resistant electronic navigation system. "Avenger" completed her most significant modernization in the summer of 2002. In 2004, USS "Avenger" deployed to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), one of the first two MCMs in this multi-national exercise.

"Avenger" is part of the Active Naval Reserve Force, Mine Countermeasures Squadron 2, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

External links

* [http://www.avenger.navy.mil/ USS "Avenger" official website]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/1201.htm navsource.org: USS "Avenger"]
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/MCM1.htm nvr.navy.mil: USS "Avenger"]
* [http://www.navysite.de/ships/mcm1.htm navysite.de: USS "Avenger"]


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