USS Cormorant (MHC-57)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Cormorant.

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
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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.

Current status

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.

References

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.