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USS ''Warrior'' (MCM-10) is an of the United States Navy. 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. ==Service history== ''Warrior'' was laid down on 25 September 1989 at Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She was launched on 8 December 1990, and was commissioned on 7 April 1993. On 7 August 1998, ''Warrior'' rescued four men from a sinking boat off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. "We were in the right place at the right time," said Chief Boatswain's Mate (SW) John Valdez. In June 2005, ''Warrior'', along with four other mine countermeasure ships, participated in a mine warfare exercise off the coast of Florida. The other ships involved were , , and . On 26 February 2013, 7th Fleet announced that ''Warrior'' would be transferred from 5th Fleet in Bahrain to 7th Fleet in Sasebo, Japan to replace , which had recently been decommissioned after running aground in the Philippines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USS Warrior to replace grounded Guardian )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Warrior (MCM-10)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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