USS Black Hawk (MHC-58) was the eighth ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters. She was commissioned 11 May 1996 and decommissioned 1 December 2007. As of December 2007, she is laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, awaiting disposal. Black Hawk was of the MHC 51 class of ships, which are the world's largest glass reinforced plastic (GRP) ships and the first U.S. Navy ships designed solely for mine hunting; the technique of locating mines with sonar and neutralizing them with a remotely controlled underwater vehicle or divers.
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