Awarded 29 March 1991 Acquired 3 January 1997 Construction started 4 October 1993 Length 57 m | Namesake Cormorant Laid down 4 October 1993 Commissioned 12 April 1997 Launched 21 October 1995 Builder Avondale Shipyard | |
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USS Cormorant (MHC-57) is the seventh ship of Osprey class coastal mine hunters.
Current Status She was transferred to a Naval Inactive Ships Storage Facility in Texas to await transfer under Foreign Military Sales. In September 2010, the US Senate had approved the sale of the ship to India along with MCH-56 Kingfisher. This sale never happened. Stricken from the Navy list 01 December 2007, sold by U.S. General Services Administration for scrap, 08 May 2014.
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