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, other, ships, with, same, name, champion, avenger, class, mine, countermeasures, ship, fourth, navy, ship, that, name, champion, 2009historyunited, statesnameuss, championordered23, december, 1983laid, down28, june, 1984launched15, april, 1989commiss. For other ships with the same name see USS Champion USS Champion MCM 4 an Avenger class mine countermeasures ship is the fourth U S Navy ship of that name USS Champion in 2009HistoryUnited StatesNameUSS ChampionOrdered23 December 1983Laid down28 June 1984Launched15 April 1989Commissioned7 February 1991Decommissioned25 August 2020HomeportNaval Station San Diego CaliforniaMottoWe accept the challengeStatusdecommissionedBadgeGeneral characteristicsClass and typeAvenger class mine countermeasures shipDisplacement1 367 tons 1 390 t Length224 ft 68 m Beam39 ft 12 m Draught15 ft 4 6 m Propulsion4 Isotta Fraschini dieselsSpeed14 knots 26 km h 16 mph Complement8 officers and 76 enlistedSensors and processing systemsAN SLQ 48 V Mine Neutralization System N SQL 37 V 3 Magnetic Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing SystemElectronic warfare amp decoysAN SSN 2 Precise Integrated Navigation System PINS AN SQQ 32 Sonar AN SPS 55 Surface Radar Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep GearArmament2 M2HB machine guns 2 M60 machine guns 2 Mk 19 grenade launchersChampion 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 Champion was decommissioned on 25 August 2020 3 References Edit 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 USS Champion Decommissions After 30 Years of Service Press release United States Navy 18 August 2020 External links EditOfficial page Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Champion MCM 4 Champion MCM 4 at NavSource Champion MCM 4 at US Carriers Undersea Partners The Mine Countermeasures Surface Force This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States Armed Forces is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Champion MCM 4 amp oldid 1096690736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
