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USS Cormorant (MHC-57)

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USS Cormorant
History
United States
NameUSS Cormorant
NamesakeCormorant
Awarded29 March 1991
BuilderAvondale Shipyards
Laid down4 October 1993
Launched21 October 1995
Acquired3 January 1997
Commissioned12 April 1997
Decommissioned01 December 2007
Stricken01 December 2007
FateSold by U.S. General Services Administration for scrap, 08 May 2014
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General characteristics
Class and typeOsprey-class coastal minehunter
Displacement870 tons (light) 957 tons (full)
Length188 ft (57 m)
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Draft11 ft (3.4 m)
PropulsionTwo diesels (800 hp each)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
ComplementOfficers: 5 Enlisted: 46
ArmamentMine neutralization system & two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

USS Cormorant (MHC-57) is the seventh ship of Osprey-class coastal minehunters.

Current status

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She was transferred to a Naval Inactive Ships Storage Facility in Texas to await transfer under Foreign Military Sales. In September 2010, the U.S. Senate had approved the sale of the ship to India along with USS Kingfisher (MHC-56). This sale never happened. She was stricken from the Navy list on 1 December 2007. She was sold by U.S. General Services Administration for scrap on 8 May 2014.

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