USS Ardent (MCM-12)

USS Ardent (MCM-12)

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 July 31 2006 edition of [http://www.defensenews.com DefenceNews] that pointed out that "Ardent" and USS "Dextrous" (MCM-13) were suffering from equipment failures that made them unable to perform their role.

ee also

*HMAS "Ardent" (P 84) – Royal Australian Navy


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