USS Falcon (1846)
USS Falcon was a gunboat in the United States Navy. Falcon was captured as the Mexican gunboat Isabel on November 14, 1846 at Tampico, and taken into the Navy, Lieutenant J. J. Glasson in command.
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Famous quotes containing the word falcon:
“My falcon now is sharp and passing empty,
And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged,
For then she never looks upon her lure.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)