USS Defender (MCM-2)

USS "Defender" (MCM-2) is an "Avenger"-class mine countermeasures ship in the service of the United States Navy.

Construction and commissioning

She was laid down on 1 December 1983 at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisconsin; launched on 4 April 1987; and commissioned on 30 September 1989. As of 30 September 1995, she is active in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, home ported at Mine Warfare Center, Ingleside, Texas.

Systems

Auxiliary systems: three Waukesha ship service diesel generator sets, one solar gas turbine generator, one omnithruster bow thruster system.

Electronic systems: one AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), one AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, one AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar, one AN/WSN-2 Gyro compass, Mine Countermeasure Equipment Suite, one AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, one AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System.

Operations

For a review of current year-to-year operations of USS "Defender"), including operations after Hurricane Katrina, see:

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/d/mcm2.htm Index for Histories/Command Operations Reports submitted by Defender (MCM 2)]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2005/09/sec-050910-nns04.htm Mine Warfare Ships Support Hurricane Katrina Recovery, Relief Efforts]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2005/09/sec-050915-nns01.htm Defender Clears Way for Shipping off Gulf Coast (2005)]

References

ee also

* List of United States Navy ships

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]