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Vanguard (OUSV-4)

Overlord Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vessel:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Austal USA, Mobile, AL.
  • Launched, 13 December 2023
  • Delivered to the Navy, date unknown
  • Christened Vanguard (OUSV-4), May 2024
  • Assigned to Pacific Fleet, Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron One, Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One
  • Status, in service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 135 t.(light) 145 t.(full load)
    Length 193'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 13.6"
    Speed unknown
    Electronics
    two Furuno Radars
    Lockheed Martin Aegis combat system
    Complement 0
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity - Diesel unknown
    Propulsion
    5 x 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) diesel engines
    5 water jets
    Generators 5
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    Vanguard (OUSV-4)
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    0993000601    		 1331k Vanguard (OUSV-4) launching, 13 December 2023, at Austal USA, Mobile, AL.
    US Navy Photo # 231213-N-N2201-001    		 NavSea
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