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MHC-56 Kingfisher


Courtesy of Mike Smolinski



Call sign: November - Kilo - Golf - Foxtrot

Osprey Class Coastal Minehunter: Laid down, 12 February 1993 by Avondale Industries, Gulfport, MS; Launched, 18 June 1994; Commissioned, USS Kingfisher (MHC-56), 26 October 1996.

Specifications: Displacement 895 Metric Tons; Length 188' ; Beam 36', Draft (Navigation) 9' 2"; Draft (Keel) 7'; Speed 10k; Complement five Officers, four Chief Petty 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.
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Kingfisher 27k - US Navy photo
USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) Web Site
Kingfisher 48k - Photo by MN1(SW) Mike Cooley
USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) Web Site
Kingfisher 124k - Photo by MN1(SW) Mike Cooley
USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) Web Site
Kingfisher 72k - Photo by MN1(SW) Mike Cooley
USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) Web Site
Kingfisher 92k US Navy Photo from Commander, Mine Warfare Command Fabio Peņa
Kingfisher 73k 7 October 1999
Neches River enroute to Beaumont Texas
U.S. Navy photo by ENS Chuck Bell
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Sentry 115 The Gulf of Mexico, 16 March 2000. The mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3), foreground, and Kingfisher are underway in the Gulf of Mexico as they depart Naval Station, Ingleside, TX for a cruise to the Great Lakes and to several
fleet exercises.
U.S. Navy photo 000316-N-7867W-507
Photographer's Mate 1st Class Charlo Whorton.
Kingfisher 83k Toledo, Ohio, May 19, 2000. Kingfisher sails into the Maumee River on its way to the Port of Toledo. Kingfisher, a coastal mine hunter is visiting Toledo as part of the Navy's annual Great Lakes Cruise. The Navy sponsors the annual cruise to raise awareness of the Navy for the people of the Great Lakes Region and to promote recruiting.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Scott McIlnay. [000519-N-8321M-001].
Fabio Peņa
Kingfisher 87k Mackinaw City, Mich., May 28, 2000. Kingfisher approaches the city dock at Mackinaw City, Mich., as the crew prepares for the ship's arrival. Kingfisher, a coastal minehunter, is visiting Mackinaw City as part of the Navy's annual Great Lakes Cruise. The Navy sponsors the annual cruise to raise awareness of the Navy for the people of the Great Lakes Region and to
promote recruiting.
U.S. Navy photo by Lieut. Scott McIlnay. [000528-N-8321M-002].
Fabio Peņa
Kingfisher 68k Clayton, N.Y., July 2, 2000 . Kingfisher lowers a remotely-operated mine neutralization vehicle as a demonstration for civilian guests during a day sail on the St. Lawrence River.  Kingfisher, a coastal minehunter, and USS Defender (MCM 2), a mine counter-measures ship, are visiting Clayton, N.Y., as part of the Navy's Great Lakes Cruise 2000. The Navy sponsors the annual cruise to raise awareness of the Navy for the people of the Great Lakes Region and to
promote recruiting.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Catherine Perreault. [000702-N-5962P-004].
Fabio Peņa

There is no DANFS history available for Kingfisher (MHC-56) 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 Kingfisher (MHC-56)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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