USS Scout (MCM-8)
Scout in the Persian Gulf, March 2008
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| Name: | USS Scout |
| Ordered: | 20 August 1986 |
| Builder: | Peterson Builders |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1987 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1989 |
| Acquired: | 27 November 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1990 |
| Identification: | MCM-8 |
| Fate: | in active service |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
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| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) (LOA) |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | four diesel engines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 81 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-73 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-7B Gyro Compass |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, AN/SQL-38 Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System |
| Armament: | Four single mount M2HB .50 calibur machine guns as well as two M240B single mounts and one twin mount M240B. |
The fourth USS Scout (MCM-8) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy.
Scout was laid down on 8 June 1987 at Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Launched on 20 May 1989, she was commissioned on 15 December 1990.
The Avenger-class ships were designed to have very low acoustic and magnetic signatures 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 as well as remotely operated mine neutralization and disposal systems.
On 25 June 1992, Scout was the first ship to arrive at the newly established Naval Station Ingleside, center of the Navy's Mine Warfare operations.
While on a five-month deployment in the Mediterranean during 1999, Scout assisted in the evacuation of ethnic Albanians from war-torn Kosovo.
Scout deployed to the Mediterranean in early 2003 for a five-month tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, returning on 13 June.
On 1 April 2005, Scout and her sister ship USS Devastator departed Naval Station Ingleside for a five-month deployment on the West Coast of the US, operating out of Naval Station San Diego. On 24 August, the Armed Forces Base Realignment and Closure Committee recommended closing Naval Station Ingleside and moving Navy Mine Warfare operations to Naval Station San Diego. The recommendation was signed into law on 9 November 2005, and planning for the base's closure has begun. Navy Mine Warfare operations are to be relocated to Naval Station San Diego.
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