USS Cardinal (MHC-60)

USS Cardinal in the Persian Gulf, 2003
History
Name:	USS Cardinal
Awarded:	22 April 1992
Builder:	Intermarine
Laid down:	13 April 1994
Launched:	9 March 1996
Commissioned:	18 October 1997 This ship was commissioned in the Potomac River at Alexandria Virginia. The Ship's Sponsor was Mrs. Richard Gephardt, wife of Congressman Dick Gephardt of Missouri. In attendance at the Commissioning Ceremony was the legendary St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan "The Man" Musial. The first Commanding Officer was Lieutenant Commander William Sheehan of Glens Falls New York. He is a 1982 graduate (KILO Company Class 82006) of the United States Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport Rhode Island.
Decommissioned:	30 December 2006
Struck:	7 January 2007
Fate:	Sold to Egypt
Badge:	150px
General characteristics
Class & type:	Osprey-class coastal minehunter
Displacement:	828 tons
Length:	188′ (57.3 m)
Beam:	38′ (11.6 m)
Draft:	11′ (3.4 m)
Complement:	5 officers and 46 enlisted

For other ships with the same name, see USS Cardinal.

USS Cardinal (MHC-60) was the tenth Osprey-class coastal mine hunter in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 18 October 1997, decommissioned on 7 January 2007 and sold to Egypt.

File:Cardinal and Raven on Blue Marlin.jpg

Cardinal and Raven loaded aboard MV Blue Marlin for transport to the Persian Gulf, July 2000

References

• 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.