USS Cardinal in the Persian Gulf, 2003
History
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
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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

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.

The 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 St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan "The Man" Musial.

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.