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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Two Coastal Mine Hunters Decommissioned

USS Osprey

Two Osprey-class coastal mine hunters were decommissioned June 15 in formal ceremonies at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas.

USS Osprey (MHC 51), the lead ship in the Osprey-class, was decommissioned during a ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. USS Robin (MHC 54), was decommissioned during a ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.m.

"This ceremony marks the end of the life of a warship that served its country proudly," said Cmdr. Keith A. Knutsen, during the Osprey decommissioning ceremony. Knutsen commands both Osprey and Robin.

"However, I see this ceremony as something more than marking the end," Knutsen added. "I see it also as the beginning - the beginning of a new era of mine warfare. Osprey and her sisters" retirements are making the way for a new class of warship known as the littoral combat ship or LCS.

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