MV C Champion
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MV C Champion is a submarine and special warfare support vessel in the United States Military Sealift Command.[2] The vessel has been proposed to serve as an anti-piracy escort, where it would be armed with two fifty-caliber machine guns, and four high-speed pursuit craft.[1] Special forces carried by the vessel would use the high speed pursuit craft to intercept or chase pirates. In 2011, it rescued a family of five in the Philippine Sea.[3]
NameC Champion
Launched1998
Identification
- IMO number: 9132284
- MMSI number: 368227000
- Callsign: WCX9392
The MV C Champion of the US Military Sealift Command. | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | C Champion |
| Owner | United States Military Sealift Command |
| Launched | 1998 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Submarine and Special Warfare Support |
| Tonnage | 2,106 GT |
| Displacement | 1,934 tons |
| Length | 67 m (219 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Draft | 5 m (16 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Speed | 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)[1] |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 2 × 0.5 in (13 mm) machine guns[1] |