The third USS Ardent (MCM-12) is an Avenger-class

Avenger class mine countermeasures ship

Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships are a class of 14 ships constructed by the United States Navy 1987–1994. The ships are designed to clear mines from vital waterways. The ships have the hull designator MCM.-Background:In the early 1980s, the U.S...

 mine countermeasures ship in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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She was built by Peterson Shipbuilders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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. Ardent is homeported at Bahrain

Bahrain

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 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)

USS Dextrous (MCM-13)

USS Dextrous is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the United States Navy.She was built by Peterson Shipbuilders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Dextrous is homeported in Bahrain and is part of the U.S...

 were suffering from equipment failures that made them unable to perform their role.

See also

• HMAS Ardent (P 84)
  HMAS Ardent (P 84)
  HMAS Ardent was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Ardent (P 87/A243) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...
  
   – Royal Australian Navy
  Royal Australian Navy
  The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...