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Heron (MHC 52)

Call sign:
November - Tango - Hotel - Foxtrot

Heron served the Navies of the United States and Greece.

Osprey Class Coastal Minehunter: Laid down, 11 October 1989; Launched, 21 March 1992; Commissioned USS Heron (MHC 52), 6 August 1994; Decommissioned 16 March 2007 at Naval Station Ingleside, TX and transferred to Greece and commissioned HS Kalipso.

Specifications: Displacement 895 Metric Tons; Length 188' ; Beam 36', Draft (Navigation) 9' 2"; Draft (Keel) 7'; Speed 10k; Complement 5 Officers, 48 Enlisted; Armament two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines, two Voith Schneider vertical axis, cycloidal, controllable pitch propellers, Electrical Systems two ship service diesel generators, one ship service/emergency diesel generator; Monocoque Design glass reinforced plastic monohull design. No longitudinal or transverse hull framing. The skin carries all the stresses. The vessel is flexible under shock. Machinery is supported by cradles from the main deck; Sensors/Navigation Systems AN/SYQ-13 Navigation, Command & Control System, AN/SPS-64(V)9 surface search radar, AN/SPA-25G radar display; AN/UQN-4A sonar sounding set, AN/WSN-2 stabilized gyrocompass, Hyper-fix radio navigation system, Plotting table; Loran C, Military global positioning system (GPS), AN/BQH-7A expendable bathythermograph set; Mine Countermeasures Systems AN/SLQ-48(V)2 mine neutralization system (MNS), AN/SQQ-32 minehunting sonar.

Size	Image Description	Source
117k	-	-
98k	-	-
25k	U.S. Navy photo	USS Heron Web Site
119k	U.S. Navy photo from Commander, Mine Warfare Command	Fabio Peña
79k	.	Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS history available for Heron (MHC-52)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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