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MHC-60 Cardinal
Osprey Class Coastal Mine Hunter: 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 port, Manama, Bahrain.
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 mine hunting sonar.
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34k |
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38k |
Savannah, GA |
USS Cardinal Web Site |
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24k |
Commissioning Crew, 1997 |
USS Cardinal Web Site |
There is no DANFS history available for Cardinal (MHC-60) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Cardinal (MHC-60)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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