USS Robin (MHC-54)
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USS Robin (MHC-54) |
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| Career (U.S.) |  |
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| Name: | USS Robin (MCM 54) |
| Namesake: | the robin bird |
| Ordered: | 2 August 1990 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 2 June 1992 |
| Launched: | 11 September 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 11 May 1996 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 June 2006 |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Osprey-class coastal minehunter |
| Displacement: | 895 tons |
| Length: | 188 ft (57 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Draft: | 9.5 ft (2.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two diesels (800 hp each) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h/14 mph) |
| Complement: | 5 officers and 46 enlisted |
| Armament: | Mine neutralization system & two .50 caliber machine guns |
USS Robin (MHC-54) was an Osprey-class coastal minehunter in the United States Navy and is the fourth ship named for the robin.
[edit] History
Robin’s keel was laid on 2 June 1992 and she was commissioned on 11 May 1996, at Naval Station Ingleside, Ingleside, Texas.
MHC class ships are the world's largest glass reinforced plastic (GRP) ships and the first U.S. Navy ships designed solely for minehunting, the technique of locating mines with sonar and neutralizing them with a remotely controlled underwater vehicle. The ship's mission is to clear harbor, coastal and ocean waters of acoustic, magnetic, pressure and contact type mines using reconnaissance, classification and neutralization tactics. The MHC class design integrates modern mine countermeasures technology into a uniquely designed platform with exceptionally low magnetic and acoustic signatures to protect against mine detonations during minehunting operations.
On 1 April 1997, the Robin was transferred to the Naval Reserve Force and was subsequently used as training ship for naval reservists.
Robin was decommissioned on 15 June 2006.
[edit] See also
- USS Robin for other ships of the same name.
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