USS Champion (MCM-4)

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US Navy 090522-N-0640K-113 The mine countermeasures ship USS Champion (MCM 4) arrives at Naval Base San Diego after participating in search efforts for a downed HH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter.jpg
USS Champion in 2009
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameUSS Champion
Ordered23 December 1983
Laid down28 June 1984
Launched15 April 1989
Commissioned7 February 1991
Decommissioned25 August 2020
Homeport Naval Station San Diego, California
MottoWe accept the challenge
Statusdecommissioned
Badge USS Champion MCM-4 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship
Displacement1,367 tons (1,390  t)
Length224 ft (68 m)
Beam39 ft (12 m)
Draught15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion4 Isotta Fraschini diesels
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement8 officers and 76 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System,
  • N/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear,
  • MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament

USS Champion (MCM-4), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the fourth U.S. Navy ship of that name.

Champion was laid down on 28 June 1984 at Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin; launched on 15 April 1989; and commissioned on 7 February 1991. She was assigned to the Active Naval Reserve, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, US Atlantic Fleet.

While on a five-month deployment in the Mediterranean during 1999, Champion assisted in the evacuation of ethnic Albanians from war-torn Kosovo. [1]

Champion was the recipient of the 2004 Environmental Quality Small Ship Award sponsored by the Environmental Readiness Division of the Chief of Naval Operations . [2]

Champion was decommissioned on 25 August 2020. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2001 Archived 2006-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ FY 2004 CNO Environmental Award Winners Named Navy Newsstand, 8 February 2005
  3. ↑ "USS Champion Decommissions After 30 Years of Service" (Press release). United States Navy. 18 August 2020.


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