USS Falcon (AMS-190)

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

For other ships with the same name, see USS Falcon.
Falcon (MSC-190), with US Mine Division 22, c. 1965.
History
Name: Falcon
Namesake: Falcon
Builder: Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down: 7 May 1953
Launched: 21 September 1953
Commissioned: 24 November 1954
Reclassified: Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken: 1 May 1976
Identification:
Fate: Transferred to Indonesia, 1971
Indonesia
Name: Pulau Aru
Acquired: 1971
Identification: Hull symbol: M-722
Fate: sold for scrap, 1 September 1976
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement: 362 long tons (368 t)
Length: 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)
Beam: 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draft: 12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 × screws
Speed: 13.6 kn (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph)
Complement: 39
Armament: 1 × twin 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mount

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, Lieutenant (jg) Milton J. Schultz, Jr., in command. 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. Navsource.
    2. DANFS 2015.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "Falcon IV (AMS-190)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "USS Falcon (MSC-190)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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