USS Defender (MCM-2)
USS Defender (MCM-2) in port Pearl Harbor Hawaii, 2004. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Defender (MCM 2) |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1983 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1989 |
| Homeport: | Sasebo, Japan |
| Status: | in active service as of 2010 |
| Badge: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
| Displacement: | 1,253 tons (light) 1,367 tons (full load) |
| 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: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
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| Armament: | six M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, four M240B 7.62mm machine guns, two Mk 19 grenade launchers |
USS Defender (MCM-2) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the service of the United States Navy.
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