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MHC-62 Shrike


Osprey Class Coastal Mine Hunter: Laid down, 12 September 1995 by Intermarine USA; Launched, 24 May 1997; Commissioned USS Shrike (MHC-62) 31 May 1999; Home ported at Ingleside, TX; Transferred, 1 April 2000 to the Naval Reserve Force, Ingleside, TX.

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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Shrike 50k Cover of Commissioning
Day program, 31 May 1999
RADM William W. Mathis,
USN, Ret.
Shrike 65k Commissioning Crew, 31 May 1999 USS Shrike (MHC-62) Web Site
Shrike 90k - -
Shrike 106k - USS Shrike Web Site
Shrike 102k Savannah, GA USS Shrike Web Site

There is no DANFS history available for Shrike (MHC-62) 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 Shrike (MHC-62)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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