USS Shrike (MHC-62) is the twelfth and last ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters.
USS Shrike arriving at NS Ingleside, Texas, 2002
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Shrike |
Namesake | Shrike |
Ordered | 31 March 1993 |
Builder | Intermarine USA |
Laid down | 12 September 1995 |
Launched | 24 May 1997 |
Acquired | 11 January 1999 |
Commissioned | 31 May 1999 |
Decommissioned | 01 December 2007 |
Stricken | 01 December 2007 |
Fate | Sold by U.S. General Services Administration for scrap, 8 May 2014 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Osprey class coastal mine hunter |
Displacement | 918 Tons |
Length | 188′ (57.3 m) |
Beam | 38′ (11.6 m) |
Draft | 11′ (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 6 Officers, 46 Enlisted |
Armament | 2 × 50 caliber machine guns |
References
edit- 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.
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