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USS Gladiator (MCM-11)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Gladiator.
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.
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![]() USS Gladiator (MCM-11) underway off the coast of Bahrain, in August 2007. | |
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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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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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