USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) | |
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![]() USS Kingfisher on the Hudson River, 2003 | |
Career (USA) | |
Name: | USS Kingfisher |
Namesake: | Kingfisher |
Awarded: | 29 March 1991 |
Builder: | Avondale Shipyards |
Laid down: | 12 February 1993 |
Launched: | 18 June 1994 |
Acquired: | 24 July 1996 |
Commissioned: | 26 October 1996 |
Decommissioned: | 1 December 2007 |
Status: | Awaiting disposal |
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General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Osprey-class coastal minehunter |
Displacement: | 868 tons (light) 955 tons (full) |
Length: | 188 ft (57 m) |
Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion: | Two diesels (800 hp each) |
Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement: | 5 officers and 46 enlisted |
Armament: | Mine neutralization system & two .50 caliber machine guns |
For other ships of the same name, see USS Kingfisher.
USS Kingfisher (MHC-56) was the sixth ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters. She is named after the kingfisher.
Kingfisher was decommissioned in a joint ceremony along with three other Coastal Mine Hunters. She was transferred to a Naval Inactive Ships Storage Facility to await transfer under Foreign Military Sales. She was the last Coastal Mine Hunter (MHC) in active service with the US Navy.
Current Status[]
The US Senate has approved the sale of the ship to India along with MHC-57 Cormorant in September 2010.
References[]
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=13487
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