USS Sentry (MCM-3)
1986 Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship
USS Sentry (MCM-3), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the second U.S. Navy ship of that name. Sentry was laid down on 8 October 1984 by Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; 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.
In 2009, Sentry changed her homeport to Naval Base San Diego.
On 15 March 2012, the U.S. Navy announced USS Sentry would be one of four minesweepers moved to the Persian Gulf region. Sentry arrived at Bahrain in June 2012.
On September 24, 2025, Sentry was decommissioned.
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This article incorporates public domain material from Sentry (MCM-3) at the Naval Vessel Register.
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