Name USS Sentry Laid down 8 October 1984 Launched 20 September 1986 Builder Peterson Builders | Awarded 23 December 1983 Commissioned 2 September 1989 Construction started 8 October 1984 Displacement 1.24 million kg | |
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Motto "Iron men in wooden ships." | ||
USS Sentry (MCM-3), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the second U.S. Navy ship of that name. Sentry was laid down on 8 October 1984 by Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 20 September 1986 and commissioned on 2 September 1989.
In 1993, Sentry made a 6 month cruise to Europe, joining the Standing Naval Force Channel and participating in exercise Blue Harrier, in the Baltic Sea. The ship visited Key West, Norfolk, Bermuda, Azores, Oostende, Kiel, Aarhus, Brest, St Malo, La Rochelle, Vigo, Cadiz, Porto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar during this deployment.
Her homeport is Naval Base San Diego.
On 15 March 2012, the U.S. Navy announced USS Sentry would be one of four minesweepers moved to the Persian Gulf region.
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