USS Ardent at sea in the Persian Gulf, July 2005 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 12 December 1989 |
| Laid down: | 22 October 1990 |
| Launched: | 16 November 1991 |
| Christened: | 20 August 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 18 February 1994 |
| Homeport: | Manama, Bahrain |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013 |
| Badge: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,312 tons |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | four diesels |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Complement: | 8 Officers, 6 Chief Petty Officers and 58 Enlisted |
| Armament: | Mine neutralization system, two .50 caliber machine guns |
The third USS Ardent (MCM-12) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the United States Navy.
She was built by Peterson Shipbuilders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Ardent is homeported at Bahrain and is part of the U.S. 5th Fleet.
Ardent was featured in a front-page article in the 31 July 2006 edition of DefenceNews that pointed out that Ardent and USS Dextrous (MCM-13) were suffering from equipment failures that made them unable to perform their role.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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