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Navy Decommissions Last MidEast-Based Avengers Mine Countermeasures Ships

Navy Decommissions Last MidEast-Based Avengers Mine Countermeasures Ships
U.S. Sailors man the rails of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM-11) during a decommissioning ceremony for the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6) in Manama, Bahrain, Sept. 25. (Photo: U.S. Army)

The Navy on Sept. 25 conducted a decommissioning ceremony for the last of four Avengers-class mine countermeasures ships serving in the Middle East, Naval Forces Central Command recently said. During the ceremony decommissioning the USS Devastator (MCM-6) on board Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, the service marked all four ships’ nearly 40 years of active service. The other previously decommissioned MCMs honored include the USS Sentry (MCM-3), Dextrous (MCM-13) and Gladiator (MCM-11). “For more than three decades, USS Devastator, USS…

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