USS Avenger (MCM-1)

	Avenger undergoing shock test
History
United States
Name	USS Avenger
Ordered	29 June 1982
Builder	Peterson Shipbuilders
Laid down	3 June 1983
Launched	15 June 1985
Commissioned	12 September 1987
Decommissioned	30 September 2014
Home port	Sasebo, Japan
Motto	Dux et Defensor Semitae; ("Guide & Defender of the Pathway");
Status	In reserve in the Pacific Reserve Fleet as of 2019
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General characteristics
Class & 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 × Waukesha diesel engines,; 2 × controllable/reversible pitch propellers,; 2 × rudders,; 2 × light-load electric motors;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	6 officers, 75 enlisted
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS),; AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar,; AN/SPS-73 Surface Radar,; AN/WSN-7B Ring Laser Gyro;
Armament	Mine hunting equipment:; AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization System,; AN/SLQ-37(V)3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear,; Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment,; MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System,; Armament:; 4 × M2HB .50-cal machine guns,; 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns,; 2 × Mk 19 grenade launchers;

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