USS ''Sentry'' (MCM-3), an

mine countermeasures ship A mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV is a type of naval ship designed for the location of and destruction of naval mines which combines the role of a minesweeper and minehunter A minehunter is a naval vessel that seeks, detects, and destro ...

, is the second

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ship of that name. ''Sentry'' was laid down on 8 October 1984 by

Peterson Builders Peterson Builders Incorporated (PBI) was an American constructor of small to medium naval, commercial and other ships and boats. The company maintained a shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, spare parts and logistics business in Virginia Beach, ...

in Sturgeon Bay,

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; launched on 20 September 1986 and commissioned on 2 September 1989. In 1993, ''Sentry'' made a 6-month cruise to Europe, joining the Standing Naval Force Channel and participating in exercise Blue Harrier, in the Baltic Sea. The ship visited Key West, Norfolk, Bermuda, Azores, Oostende, Kiel, Aarhus, Brest, St Malo, La Rochelle, Vigo, Cadiz, Porto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar during this deployment. Her homeport is Naval Base San Diego. On 15 March 2012, the U.S. Navy announced USS ''Sentry'' would be one of four minesweepers moved to the

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region.

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USS Sentry (MCM-3)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sentry (Mcm-3) Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships Minehunters of the United States 1986 ships Ships built by Peterson Builders