USS Gladiator (MCM-11)

	USS Gladiator August 2007
History
Awarded	14 February 1989
Builder	Peterson Builders
Laid down	7 May 1990
Launched	29 June 1991
Commissioned	18 September 1993
Homeport	Manama, Bahrain
General characteristics
Displacement	1,250 long tons (1,270 t)
Length	224 feet (68 m)
Beam	39 feet (12 m)
Draft	12 feet (3.7 m)
Speed	14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	6 officers and 75 enlisted
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × M2HB .50-cal machine guns, ; 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns, ; 2 × MK19 grenade launchers

USS Gladiator (MCM-11), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the third U.S. Navy ship of that name.

The ship was featured in Mega Movers when it was transported to Bahrain on top of a heavy lift ship.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

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