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Cardinal (MHC 60)

Cardinal served the Navies of the United States and Egypt.

Osprey Class Coastal Minehunter: Laid down, 13 April 1994 by the Intermarine USA Shipyard, Savannah, GA; Launched, 9 March 1996; Commissioned USS Cardinal (MHC 60), 18 October 1997; Transferred, 1 September 2000 from the Naval Reserve Force to the active fleet for permanent deployment to the Persian Gulf; Home ported at Manama, Bahrain; Decommissioned 7 January 2007, struck from the Navy list and transferred to Egypt; Commissioned al Shareen in July 2007.

Specifications: Displacement 895 Metric Tons; Length 188'; Beam 36'; Draft (Navigation) 9' 2"; Draft (Keel) 7'; Speed 10k; Complement 53; 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 mine hunting sonar.

Size	Image Description	Source
30k	-	-
34k	-	-
38k	Savannah, GA	USS Cardinal Web Site
24k	c. 1997 Commissioning Crew	USS Cardinal Web Site
216k	28 February 2005 Manama, Bahrain Members of Naval Support Activity Bahrain's Emergency Response Team board the mine countermeasure ship Cardinal to fight a simulated fire during exercise Desert Sailor 2005. Exercise Desert Sailor is an annual two-week exercise to ensure emergency response efforts are well coordinated with local Bahraini directorates in case of an actual emergency. U.S. Navy photo 50228-N-9563N-006 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Phillip A. Nickerson Jr.	Bill Gonyo
80k	1 October 2006 In formation during FAWOMAWEX 7-01	HMC(SW) Charles T. "Tom" Canterbury, IDC MHC CREW GALLANT / USS CARDINAL (MHC 60)

There is no DANFS history available for Cardinal (MHC-60)

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

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