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Cormorant (MHC 57)

Call sign:
November - Mike - Alpha - Charlie

Osprey Class Coastal Mine Hunter: Laid down 4 October 1993 by the Avondale Shipyards, Gulfport, MS; Launched 21 October 1995; Commissioned 12 April 1997; Decommissioned 1 December 2007 at Naval Station Ingleside, TX and struck from the Navy register; Towed to Beaumont, TX 17 December 2007 to be laid up for possible future use in the Foreign Military Sales program. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 895 Metric Tons; Length 188'; Beam 36', Draft (Navigation) 9' 2"; Draft (Keel) 7'; Speed 10k; Complement five 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
139k	-	-
85k	c. October 2005 En route to Panama City, FL	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10
90k	c. November 2005 Panama City, FL Avenger (MCM 1) getting underway on the left.	DC2(SS) David Johnston, USNR MCM Crew Implicit USS Warrior MCM-10

There is no DANFS history available for Cormorant (MHC-57)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Cormorant (MHC-57)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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