USS Guardian (MCM 5)

USS GUARDIAN is the fifth AVENGER class Mine Countermeasures Ship and one of the two ships in that class forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan.

General Characteristics:	Keel Laid: 1985
	Launched: June 20, 1987
	Commissioned: December 16, 1989
	Builder: Peterson Shipbuilders, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
	Propulsion System: four diesels
	Propellers: two
	Length: 224 feet (68.28 meters)
	Beam: 39 feet (11.89 meters)
	Draft: 11,5 feet (3.5 meters)
	Displacement: 1,312 tons
	Speed: 14 knots
	Armament: Mine neutralization system, two .50 caliber machine guns
	Homeport: Sasebo, Japan
	Crew: 8 Officers, 6 Chief Petty Officers and 58 Enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS GUARDIAN. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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