USS Gladiator (MCM-11) underway off the coast of Bahrain, in August 2007.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Gladiator |
Awarded | 14 February 1989 |
Builder | Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 7 May 1990 |
Launched | 29 June 1991 |
Commissioned | 18 September 1993 |
Homeport | Manama, Bahrain |
Identification | MCM-11 |
Status | In active service, as of 2015 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
Displacement | 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) |
Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 6 officers and 75 enlisted |
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USS Gladiator (MCM-11) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy, and is the third U.S. Navy ship to bear that name.
The ship was featured in Mega Movers, when it was transported to Bahrain on top of a heavy lift ship.