USS Cardinal (MHC-60) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

USS Cardinal (MHC-60) was the tenth Osprey-class coastal mine hunter

Osprey class coastal minehunter

Osprey-class coastal minehunters are designed to find, classify, and destroy moored and bottom naval mines from vital waterways. They use sonar and video systems, cable cutters and a mine detonating device that can be released and detonated by remote control...

in the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

. She was commissioned on 18 October 1997, decommissioned on 7 January 2007 and sold to Egypt.

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