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USS Guardian (MCM-5) was an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy, and was the second Navy ship to bear that name. The hulls of the Avenger -class ships were constructed of wood with an external coat of fiberglass .
USS Guardian (AGR/YAGR-1) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1954. Her task was to act as part of the radar defenses of the United States in the Cold War , serving until 1965.
USS Guardian may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: . USS Guardian (YAGR-1), launched as the Liberty ship SS James G. Squires in 1945; placed in reserve at the end of World War II, converted to a radar picket ship and recommissioned as USS Guardian in 1955, decommissioned in 1965, and scrapped in 1971
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Operation Prosperity Guardian Part of the Red Sea crisis and the Yemeni civil war Date 18 December 2023 – present (1 year, 2 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Yemen Status Ongoing Belligerents Yemen (SPC) Yemeni Navy (SPC faction) Houthis United States Navy Royal Navy ...
The Guardian-class radar picket ships were a class of ocean radar picket ships (YAGR, later AGR), converted 1954–1958 from World War II Liberty ships acquired by the U.S. Navy. Their task was to act as part of the radar defenses of the United States in the Cold War , serving until 1965.
In the early 1980s, the U.S. Navy began development of a new mine countermeasures (MCM) force, which included two new classes of ships and minesweeping helicopters.The vital importance of a state-of-the-art mine countermeasures force was strongly underscored in the Persian Gulf during the eight years of the Iran–Iraq War, and in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 when ...
USS Guardfish (SSN-612), a Thresher-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the guardfish, a voracious green and silvery fish with elongated pike-like body and long narrow jaws.
Homeported in Davisville, Rhode Island, the Guardian was a converted World War II liberty ship being used for radar surveillance. During this tour, Walker was advanced to the newly created rank of senior chief petty officer in 1961 and at the relatively young age of 34, reached the pinnacle of the enlisted ranks and was promoted to master chief ...