USS Champion (MCM-4)
Appearance
USS Champion in 2009
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Champion |
Ordered | 23 December 1983 |
Laid down | 28 June 1984 |
Launched | 15 April 1989 |
Commissioned | 8 February 1991 |
Homeport | Naval Station San Diego, California |
Motto | We accept the challenge |
Status | Template:Ship being decommissioned |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement | 1,367 tons (1,390 t) |
Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | 4 Isotta Fraschini diesels |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 8 officers and 76 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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USS Champion (MCM-4), an Template:Sclass- 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 8 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]
References
- ^ Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2001 Archived 2006-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ FY 2004 CNO Environmental Award Winners Named Navy Newsstand, 8 February 2005
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