USS ''Cardinal'' (MHC-60) was the tenth ''Osprey''-class coastal mine hunter in the

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. She was commissioned on 18 October 1997, decommissioned on 7 January 2007 and sold to Egypt. The ship was commissioned in the Potomac River at Alexandria Virginia.The Ship's Sponsor was Mrs. Richard Gephardt, wife of Congressman Dick Gephardt of Missouri.In attendance at the Commissioning Ceremony was the St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan "The Man" Musial.

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* Ships built in Georgia (U.S. state) 1996 ships Osprey-class coastal minehunters Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Egyptian Navy {{US-mil-ship-stub