.jpg) USS Defender (MCM-2) in port Pearl Harbor Hawaii, 2004.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Defender |
| Laid down | 1 December 1983 |
| Launched | 4 April 1987 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1989 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 2014 |
| Homeport | Sasebo, Japan |
| Status | In reserve in the Pacific Reserve Fleet as of 2019[1] |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | four Waukasha Motors Co. diesel engines, two controllable reversible pitch propellers, two rudders, two electric light load propulsion motors |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement | 8 officers, 76 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems | see text |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | see text |
| Armament | six M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, four M240B 7.62mm machine guns, two Mk 19 grenade launchers |
USS Defender (MCM-2) was an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the service of the United States Navy. She entered service in September 1989 and was decommissioned in October 2014.