USS Cormorant
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History | |
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United States | |
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 | 01 December 2007 |
Stricken | 01 December 2007 |
Fate | Sold by U.S. General Services Administration for scrap, 08 May 2014 |
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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 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns |
USS Cormorant (MHC-57) is the seventh ship of Osprey-class coastal minehunters.