USS Scout (MCM-8)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Scout.
The fourth USS Scout (MCM-8) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy.
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Scout in the Persian Gulf, March 2008 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Scout |
Ordered | 20 August 1986 |
Builder | Peterson Builders |
Laid down | 8 June 1987 |
Launched | 20 May 1989 |
Acquired | 27 November 1990 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1990 |
Decommissioned | 26 August 2020 |
Identification | MCM-8 |
Fate | unknown |
Status | decommissioned |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 224 ft (68 m) (LOA) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | four diesel engines, 2 screws |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 81 |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-73 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-7B Gyro Compass |
Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, AN/SQL-38 Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System |
Armament | Four single mount M2HB .50 calibre machine guns as well as two M240B single mounts and one twin mount M240B. |
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