USS Falcon (AMS-190)

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Falcon (MSC-190), with US Mine Division 22, c. 1965.
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameFalcon
Namesake Falcon
Builder Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down7 May 1953
Launched21 September 1953
Commissioned24 November 1954
ReclassifiedCoastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken1 May 1976
Identification
FateTransferred to Indonesia, 1971
Flag of Indonesia.svgIndonesia
NamePulau Aru
Acquired1971
IdentificationHull symbol: M-722
FateSold for scrap, 1 September 1976
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement362 long tons (368 t)
Length144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)
Beam27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed13.6  kn (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph)
Complement39
Armament1 × twin 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mount

The fourth USS Falcon (AMS-190/MSC-190) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.

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Construction

Falcon was laid down 7 May 1953, as AMS-190; launched 21 September 1953, by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. A. D. MacDonnell; and commissioned 24 November 1954. She was reclassified MSC-190 on 7 February 1955. [2]

East Coast operations

Between 7 January 1955 and 16 January 1957, Falcon was based at Charleston, South Carolina, for minesweeping exercises, amphibious operations, and mine warfare development activities along the east coast and in the Caribbean. Little Creek, the amphibious base in the Norfolk, Virginia, naval complex, was her home port for similar operations until 12 February 1959, when she sailed for Rodman, Canal Zone. During 1960, she sailed out of Rodman for operations on both sides of the Panama Canal, and visits to Central American islands and ports. [2]

Transfer to Indonesia

In 1971, Falcon was transferred to Indonesia and renamed Pulau Aru (M-722. She was struck from the US Naval Register on 1 May 1976, and disposed for scrap through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service 1 September 1976. [1]

Notes

    Citations
    1. 1 2 Navsource.
    2. 1 2 DANFS 2015.

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