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Military


MHC 51 Osprey
Coastal Mine Hunters


Specifications
Builders Avondale Industries Inc., Gulfport, MS
MHC 53, 54, 56, 57
Intermarine USA, Savannah, GA
MHC 51, 52, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62
Propulsion
  • 2 x 800 HP 8 cylinder Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines
  • 2 Voith Schneider Vertical Axis, cycloidal, controllable pitch propellers
  • AN/SSQ-109 Machinery & Ship Control System
    • Electrical Systems 3 300 KW Diesel Generators
    IFEN Degaussing System
    AN/WSN-2 Stabilized Gyro Compass
    Length 188 feet (57.3 meters)
    Beam 36 feet (11 meters)
    Draft (Navigation) 12 ft 1 in
    Displacement 893 tons (804 metric tons) full load
    Speed 10 knots (18.4 kmph)
    Crew 5 officers, 46 enlisted
    Combat Systems AN/SLQ-48 - Mine Neutralization Equipment
    AN/SQQ-32 - Minehunting Variable Depth Sonar
    AN/SYQ-13 - Navigation/Command and Control System
    AN/SSQ-94 - On board Trainer
    AN/SPS-64 Surface Search Radar
    AN/SPA-25G Radar Display
    AN/UQN-4A Fathometer
    AN/BQH-7A Expendable Bathythermograph System (XBT)
    Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M)
    AN/SQH-4A Battle Space Profiler (BSP)

    Two .50 caliber machine guns

    Unit Operating Cost
    Annual Average    		 ~$3,000,000 [source: [FY1996 VAMOSC]



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