USS Heron (MHC-52)
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Heron |
| Namesake | Heron |
| Awarded | 17 February 1989 |
| Builder | Intermarine USA, Savannah, Georgia |
| Laid down | 11 October 1989 |
| Launched | 21 March 1992 |
| Completed | 22 July 1994 |
| Commissioned | 6 August 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 2007 |
| Stricken | 16 March 2007 |
| Identification | MHC-52 |
| Fate | Sold to Greece, 16 March 2007 |
| Badge | ![]() |
| Name | Kalypso |
| Acquired | 16 March 2007 |
| Identification | M64 |
| Fate | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Osprey-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 839 tons (light) 926 tons (full) |
| Length | 188 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Complement | Officers: 5 Enlisted: 46 |
USS Heron (MHC-52) is the second ship of Osprey-class minehunter.
She was transferred to the Hellenic Navy under a foreign military sales agreement on 16 March 2007 and then renamed Kalipso.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from Heron (MHC-52) at the Naval Vessel Register.- Greek Navy entry
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