 Avenger undergoing shock test | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USSAvenger |
| Ordered | 29 June 1982 |
| Builder | Peterson Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 3 June 1983 |
| Launched | 15 June 1985 |
| Commissioned | 12 September 1987 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 2014[1] |
| Homeport | Sasebo, Japan |
| Motto |
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| Status | In reserve in thePacific Reserve Fleet as of 2019 |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Avenger-classmine countermeasures ship |
| Displacement | 1,367 tons (1,390t) |
| Length | 224 ft (68 m) overall |
| Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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| Speed | 14knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 75 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
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USSAvenger (MCM-1) was thelead ship ofher class ofmine countermeasures ship, and the thirdU.S. Navy ship of that name.
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Avenger was ordered on 29 June 1982, laid down on 3 June 1983 by the Peterson Shipbuilders Co.,Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.,launched on 15 June 1985, andcommissioned on 12 September 1987.[3]
Subsequent to her commissioning and a period of test and trials,Avenger arrived in herhomeport ofNS Charleston,South Carolina,[3] and began operating as a member of theU.S. Atlantic Fleet. Following the 1990Iraqi invasion ofKuwait,Avenger deployed to thePersian Gulf[3] as a coalition force member in support ofOperation Desert Shield andDesert 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 neutralizebottom mines.Avenger was awarded theNavy Unit Commendation andCombat Action Ribbon for her wartime accomplishments.[3]
In 1993,Avenger shifted homeports to the newly constructedNaval Station Ingleside,Texas.[3] Since that time she deployed to the Eastern Atlantic in 1993 and 1995,Mediterranean Sea in 1997 and 1999. In 2001Avenger deployed to theEastern Pacific via thePanama 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. In 2004, theAvenger deployed to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), and in October of that year the ship returned to her homeport of Ingleside, Texas.Avenger completed her most significant modernization in the summer of 2008. In 2009,Avenger shifted her homeport to San Diego and then in December became permanently forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan. Later that same year the ship commenced her first deployment around the western Pacific.
On 30 September 2014, USSAvenger was decommissioned at San Diego, California. As of 2019, she is a part of thePacific Reserve Fleet.
