USS ''Warrior'' (MCM-10) is an of the
United States Navy
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The ''Avenger''-class ships were designed to have very low
acoustic and
magnetic signatures to avoid detonating mines. While most modern warships have steel hulls, the ''Avengers'' have wooden hulls with an external coating of fiberglass. They are equipped with sophisticated minehunting and classification
sonar
Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on o ...
as well as remotely operated mine neutralization and disposal systems.
Service history
''Warrior'' was laid down on 25 September 1989 at Peterson Builders in
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
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. She was launched on 8 December 1990, and was commissioned on 7 April 1993.
On 7 August 1998, ''Warrior'' rescued four men from a sinking boat off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. "We were in the right place at the right time," said Chief Boatswain's Mate (SW) John Valdez.
In June 2005, ''Warrior'', along with four other mine countermeasure ships, participated in a mine warfare exercise off the coast of Florida. The other ships involved were , , and .
On 26 February 2013, 7th Fleet announced that ''Warrior'' would be transferred from 5th Fleet in Bahrain to 7th Fleet in Sasebo, Japan to replace , which had recently been decommissioned after running aground in the Philippines.
Awards and accomplishments
*Won the 2004 Safety Excellence Award in the Mine Warfare Ship category
*Reported no personnel injured or dead or property damages during training exercises and scheduled deployment tasks
*Won Award Battle E for excellence in 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017, and 2019.
*Received Meritorious Unit Commendation for action in Exercise BLUE HARRIER, 1995
See also
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Current United States Navy ships
The United States Navy has over ships in both active service and the reserve fleet, with approximately more in either the planning and ordering stages or under construction, according to the Naval Vessel Register and published reports. This ...
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List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy
This is a list of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy.
Ship status is indicated as either currently active (including ready reserve), inactive or precommissioning Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive ...
Notes
External links
Official page
References
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ttp://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_print.asp?cid=4200&tid=1900&ct=4&page=1 United States Navy Fact File: Mine Countermeasures Ships (MCM)*
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Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships
Minehunters of the United States
1990 ships
Ships built by Peterson Builders