USS Shrike (MHC-62)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Shrike.
USS Shrike arriving at NS Ingleside, Texas, 2002
History
United States
Name: USS Shrike
Namesake: Shrike
Ordered: 31 March 1993
Builder: Intermarine USA
Laid down: 12 September 1995
Launched: 24 May 1997
Acquired: 11 January 1999
Commissioned: 31 May 1999
Decommissioned: 01 December 2007
Struck: 01 December 2007
Fate: Sold by U.S. General Services Administration for scrap, 08 May 2014
General characteristics
Class and type: Osprey class coastal mine hunter
Displacement: 918 Tons
Length: 188′ (57.3 m)
Beam: 38′ (11.6 m)
Draft: 11′ (3.4 m)
Propulsion: 2 × Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 6 Officers, 46 Enlisted
Armament: 2 × 50 caliber machine guns

USS Shrike (MHC-62) is the twelfth and last ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters.

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