USS Cardinal in the Persian Gulf, 2003 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Cardinal |
Awarded | 22 April 1992 |
Builder | Intermarine |
Laid down | 13 April 1994 |
Launched | 9 March 1996 |
Commissioned | 18 October 1997 |
Decommissioned | 30 December 2006 |
Stricken | 7 January 2007 |
Fate | Sold to Egypt |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 |
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