MCM-1 U.S.S. Avenger

       

Class: Mine Countermeasures Ship
Displacement: 1,253 t.(lt.) 1,367 t (fl)
Dimensions: Length 224'; Beam 44'; Draft 13'
Armament: Two M2HB .50 cal. & two M60 7.62 mm machine guns, two MK19 Grenade Launchers
Machinery: Four Isotta Fraschini diesel engines (600 BHP each); two controllable reversible pitch propellers, two rudders, two electric light load propulsion motors; 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) AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass Mine Countermeasure Equipment 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
Speed: 13.5 Knots
Crew: 6 Officers, 75 Enlisted

Laid down June 3, 1983 Peterson Shipbuilders Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Launched June 15, 1985 - Commissioned, September 12, 1987
Disposition September 30, 1995 - Active Naval Reserve Force Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Homeport: Naval Station Ingleside, TX