USS ''Pelican'' (MHC-53) was the third and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name of the bird. From 1 January 1997 on, ''Pelican'' was part of the Naval Reserve Force. In that role the ship was used as training platform for naval reservists. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, Navy List on 16 March 2007, ''Pelican'' was transferred to the Hellenic Navy the same day. There she was recommissioned as ''Evniki''.
See also
* Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
External links
HS Evniki
References
*
*http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/eynikh_kalypso_en.asp
Osprey-class coastal minehunters
Ships built in Georgia (U.S. state)
1993 ships
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Hellenic Navy
Osprey-class coastal minehunters of the Hellenic Navy, Evniki
Mine warfare vessels of Greece
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