


Ships present (left to right): Unknown, Scout In preparation of Hurricane Rita, mine countermeasures ships home ported at Naval Station Ingleside nest in a modified mooring. Navy photo 330-CFD-DN-SD-04-09691 by PH1(AW) Michael Pendergrass, USN from National Museum of the U.S. More than 6,000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel aboard 22 ships - including six warships returning from deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the war against terrorism - sailed into New York today for the 15th Annual Fleet Sentry sails up the Hudson River, as her crew prepares to join in the festivities of Fleet Week 2002. Navy photo 020522-N-2383B-655 by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera More than 6000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel aboard 22 ships sailed into New York during the 15th Annual Fleet Week celebration. Sentry renders honors to New York City as she participates in the "Parade of Sail" up the Hudson River. Photographer's Mate 1st Class Charlo Whorton Sentry foreground, and coastal minehunter USS Kingfisher (MHC 56) are underway in the Gulf of Mexico as they depart Naval Station, Ingleside, TX for a cruise to the Great Lakes and to several fleet exercises. Mine Countermeasure Equipment Suite: One AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, one AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence minesweeping gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, and MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System.ĭepartment of Defense photo from "Twenty-First Century Warships" by Steve Crawford.

Electronic systems: one AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), one AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, one AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar and one AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass.
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Auxiliary Systems: Three Waukesha ship service diesel generator sets, one Solar gas turbine generator and one omni-thruster bow thruster system.Propulsion: Four 600bhp Isotta Fraschini diesel engines, two controllable reversible pitch propellers and two electric light load propulsion motors.machine guns, two M60 7.62 mm machine guns and two Mk19 grenade launchers The second Sentry was laid down 8 October 1984 by Peterson Builders Inc, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
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