USS Heron (MHC-52)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Heron.
History
United States
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
Struck: 16 March 2007
Identification: MHC-52
Fate: Sold to Greece
Badge:
Greece
Name: Kalypso
Identification: M64
Fate: in active service, as of 2016
General characteristics
Class and type: Osprey-class coastal 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 coastal minehunter.

Heron was transferred to the Hellenic Navy under a foreign military sales agreement on 16 March 2007. Heron was renamed Kalipso.

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