USS Sentry (MCM-3)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Sentry.

Sentry (front) and USS Kingfisher
History
United States
Name	USS Sentry
Awarded	23 December 1983
Builder	Peterson Shipbuilders
Laid down	8 October 1984
Launched	20 September 1986
Commissioned	2 September 1989
Homeport	Bahrain
Motto	"Iron men in wooden ships."
Nickname(s)	The Sentinel of the Sea
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship
Displacement	1,367 tons (1,390 t)
Length	224 ft (68 m) overall
Beam	39 ft (12 m)
Draft	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	4 × Isatto Franchini Co. diesel engines, 2 × controllable pitch propellers, 2 × rudders, 2 × light-load electric motors
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 RHIB
Capacity	81
Complement	6 officers, 75 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	MCM suite: AN/SLQ-48 Mine Neutralization System, AN/SQL-37(V)3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System Electronics: AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-7 Gyro Compass
Armament	2 × M2HB .50-cal machine guns, 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns, 2 × Mk 19 grenade launchers

USS Sentry (MCM-3), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the second U.S. Navy ship of that name. Sentry was laid down on 8 October 1984 by Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 20 September 1986 and commissioned on 2 September 1989.

In 1993, Sentry made a 6-month cruise to Europe, joining the Standing Naval Force Channel and participating in exercise Blue Harrier, in the Baltic Sea. The ship visited Key West, Norfolk, Bermuda, Azores, Oostende, Kiel, Aarhus, Brest, St Malo, La Rochelle, Vigo, Cadiz, Porto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar during this deployment.^[citation needed]

In 2009, Sentry changed her homeport to Naval Base San Diego.[1]

On 15 March 2012, the U.S. Navy announced USS Sentry would be one of four minesweepers moved to the Persian Gulf region.[2] Sentry arrived at Bahrain in June 2012.[3]

References

1. Leporati, Mike (12 September 2009). "USS Sentry Moves to San Diego". Navy News Service. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
2. Cavas, Christopher P. (15 March 2012). "U.S. doubling minesweepers in Persian Gulf". Navy Times. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
3. "History". USS-Sentry-MCM-3 About-Us History. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• USS Sentry official website
• navsource.org: USS Sentry

Sentry on the Hudson River, May 2002