USS Warrior (MCM-10) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

USS Warrior (MCM-10) 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 service of the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

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The Avenger-class ships were designed to have very low acoustic

Acoustic signature

Acoustic signature is used to describe a combination of acoustic emissions of ships and submarines.-Contributing factors:The acoustic signature is made up of a number of individual elements...

and magnetic signature

Magnetism

Magnetism is a property of materials that respond at an atomic or subatomic level to an applied magnetic field. Ferromagnetism is the strongest and most familiar type of magnetism. It is responsible for the behavior of permanent magnets, which produce their own persistent magnetic fields, as well...

s 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

Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels...

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

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,437 at the 2000 census. It is located at the natural end of Sturgeon Bay, although the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was built across the remainder of the Door Peninsula.-Geography:Sturgeon Bay is...

. 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 the USS Gladiator (MCM-11)

USS Gladiator (MCM-11)

USS Gladiator , an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the third U.S. Navy ship of that name.The ship was featured in Mega Movers when it was transported to Bahrain on top of a heavy lift ship.-External links:*****...

, USS Shrike (MHC-62)

USS Shrike (MHC-62)

USS Shrike is the twelfth and last ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters.-External links:*...

, USS Oriole (MHC-55)

USS Oriole (MHC-55)

USS Oriole is the fifth ship of Osprey class coastal mine hunters....

, USS Cormorant (MHC 57)

USS Cormorant (MHC-57)

USS Cormorant is the seventh ship of Osprey class coastal mine hunters.Current StatusThe US Senate has approved the sale of the ship to India along with MCH-56 Kingfisher in September 2010....

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 2005.

Service history

Awards and accomplishments

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