Osprey-class minehunter

	USS Raven in the Persian Gulf, 2004
Class overview
Name	Osprey class
Builders	Intermarine USA; Avondale Shipyard;
Operators	United States Navy (former); Hellenic Navy; Egyptian Navy; Republic of China Navy;
Preceded by	Harkness class
Succeeded by	None
Built	1991–1995
In service	1993–present
In commission	1993–2007 (US Navy)
Planned	12
Completed	12
Active	2 with Hellenic Navy; 2 with Egyptian Navy; 2 with ROC (Taiwan) Navy;
Scrapped	6
General characteristics
Type	Coastal minehunter
Displacement	881 long tons (895 t) (full load)
Length	188 ft (57 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	7 ft (2.1 m)
Installed power	2 × Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines; 1,600 hp (1,200 kW);
Propulsion	2 × Voith-Schneider vertical axis (cycloidal) propulsion systems; 2 × Variable-pitch propeller;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)
Range	1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km)
Endurance	15 days
Complement	5 officers, 4 non-commissioned officers, 42 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SYQ-13 navigation/command and control; AN/SPS-64(V)9 surface search radar; AN/SPA-25G shipboard radar repeater (transistorized); AN/WSN-2 stabilized gyrocompass; AN/SSQ-94 on board trainer;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization equipment; AN/SQQ-32 minehunting sonar;
Armament	2 × .50 caliber machine guns; 1 × Stinger missile launcher;

The Osprey class are a series of coastal minehunters designed to find, classify, and destroy moored and bottom naval mines from vital waterways.

Their design is based on the second series of the Italian Lerici-class, built in La Spezia by Intermarine between 1990 and 1996. Eight vessels were built in the Intermarine shipyard located in Savannah, while the remaining four have been built by a second-source shipyard under a Technology Transfer and Licence Agreement.

They use sonar and video systems, cable cutters and a mine detonating device that can be released and detonated by remote control. The Osprey class are the world's second largest minehunters (surpassed by the Royal Navy's 60-meter (200 ft) Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels) to be constructed entirely of fiberglass and designed to survive the shock of underwater explosions. Their primary mission is reconnaissance, classification, and neutralization of all types of moored and bottom mines in littoral areas, harbors and coastal waterways.

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