USS Falcon (AM-28)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Falcon |
| Builder: | Gas Engine and Power Co., and C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York |
| Launched: | 7 September 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 12 November 1918, as Minesweeper No.28 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 June 1946 |
| Reclassified: | AM-28, 17 July 1920 ASR-2, 12 September 1929 |
| Fate: | Sold, 12 March 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 950 long tons (965 t) |
| Length: | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Armament: | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
The third USS Falcon, (AM-28/ASR-2) was Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy. She later became a submarine rescue ship.
Falcon was launched 7 September 1918 by Gas Engine and Power Co., and C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York; sponsored by Mrs. W. J. Parslow; and commissioned 12 November 1918, Lieutenant B. E. Rigg in command. She was reclassified ASR-2 on 12 September 1929.
Read more about USS Falcon (AM-28): North Atlantic Operations, Salvage Operations, World War II Operations, Decommissioning
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