USS Defender
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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.
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USS Defender (MCM-2) in port Pearl Harbor Hawaii, 2004. | |
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Name | USS Defender |
Laid down | 1 December 1983 |
Launched | 4 April 1987 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1989 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 2014 |
Homeport | Sasebo, Japan |
Status | In reserve in the Pacific Reserve Fleet as of 2019[1] |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
Displacement |
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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 & decoys | see text |
Armament | six M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, four M240B 7.62mm machine guns, two Mk 19 grenade launchers |
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