USS Cormorant |
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| Career (USA) | |
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| Name: | USS Cormorant |
| Namesake: | Cormorant |
| Awarded: | 29 March 1991 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 4 October 1993 |
| Launched: | 21 October 1995 |
| Acquired: | 3 January 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 12 April 1997 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 2007 |
| Status: | Inactive, awaiting disposal |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Osprey-class coastal minehunter |
| Displacement: | 870 tons (light) 957 tons (full) |
| Length: | 188 ft (57 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two diesels (800 hp each) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | Officers: 5 Enlisted: 46 |
| Armament: | Mine neutralization system & two .50 caliber machine guns |
USS Cormorant (MHC-57) is the seventh ship of Osprey class coastal mine hunters.
Current Status
The US Senate has approved the sale of the ship to India along with MCH-56 Kingfisher in September 2010.
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