USS Cardinal (MHC-60)


USS Cardinal in the Persian Gulf, 2003
Career
Name: USS Cardinal
Awarded: 22 April 1992
Builder: Intermarine
Laid down: 13 April 1994
Launched: 9 March 1996
Commissioned: 18 October 1997
Decommissioned: 30 December 2006
Struck: 7 January 2007
Fate: Sold to Egypt
General characteristics
Class and type: Osprey-class coastal minehunter
Displacement: 828 tons
Length: 188′ (57.3 m)
Beam: 38′ (11.6 m)
Draft: 11′ (3.4 m)
Complement: 5 officers and 46 enlisted

USS Cardinal (MHC-60) was the tenth Osprey-class coastal mine hunter in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 18 October 1997, decommissioned on 7 January 2007 and sold to Egypt.

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