For other ships with the same name, see USS Champion.

USS Champion (MCM-4), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the fourth U.S. Navy ship of that name.

Champion was laid down on 28 June 1984 at Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin; launched on 15 April 1989; and commissioned on 7 February 1991. She was assigned to the Active Naval Reserve, Mine Countermeasures Squadron Two, US Atlantic Fleet.

While on a five-month deployment in the Mediterranean during 1999, Champion assisted in the evacuation of ethnic Albanians from war-torn Kosovo.[1]

Champion was the recipient of the 2004 Environmental Quality Small Ship Award sponsored by the Environmental Readiness Division of the Chief of Naval Operations .[2]

Champion was decommissioned on 25 August 2020.[3]

References

  1. ^ Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2001 Archived 2006-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ FY 2004 CNO Environmental Award Winners Named Navy Newsstand, 8 February 2005
  3. ^ "USS Champion Decommissions After 30 Years of Service" (Press release). United States Navy. 18 August 2020.


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