USS Cormorant (MHC-57)
USS Cormorant | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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USS Cormorant (MHC-57) is the seventh ship of Osprey-class coastal minehunters.