USS Pelican (MHC-53) explained

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 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