Awarded 3 October 1989 Completed 11 August 1995 Construction started 6 June 1991 Length 57 m | Namesake Pelican Laid down 6 June 1991 Commissioned 18 November 1995 Launched 27 February 1993 | |
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USS Pelican (MHC-53) was the third Osprey-class coastal minehunter and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name of the bird. From 1 January 1997 on, Pelican was part of the Naval Reserve Force. In that role the ship was used as training platform for naval reservists. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy List on 16 March 2007, Pelican was transferred to the Hellenic Navy the same day. There she was recommissioned as Evniki.
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