The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships are a class of 14 ships constructed for the United States Navy from 1987 to 1994, designed to clear naval mines from vital waterways. The ships have the hu
USS Avenger (MCM-1) underway in Hawaiian waters in July 2004
A shock trial of USS Avenger hull
Seaway Hawk transporting USS Devastator, USS Dextrous, USS Gladiator and USS Sentry back to the US in January 2026.
USS Sentry and USS Kingfisher
USS Guardian (MCM-5)
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USS Guardian was an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy, and was the second Navy ship to bear that name. The hulls of the Avenger-class ships were constructed of wood wit
Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship
…in the Persian Gulf during the eight years of the Iran–Iraq War, and in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 when Avenger and Guardian conducted MCM operations. Avenger-class ships are designed as mine hunter-killers capable of finding, classifying, and destroying moored and bottom…
USS Guardian underway in November 2002
Guardian was pushed further aground onto Tubbataha Reef by wave action, as shown on 29 January 2013.
US Navy-contracted Malaysian tug Vos Apollo removed 57,000 litres (15,000 US gal) of fuel from Guardian on 24–25 January 2013, and filled her tanks with seawater.
Guardian on 12 March 2013 after superstructure decks were removed, with hull to be salvaged in cut sections by crane vessel MV Jascon 25