USS Cormorant (MHC-57)
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USS Cormorant (MHC-57) is the seventh ship of Osprey class coastal mine hunters
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...
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Current Status
The US Senate has approved the sale of the ship to India along with MCH-56 Kingfisher
USS Kingfisher (MHC-56)
USS Kingfisher 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...
in September 2010.