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USS Falcon (AM-28)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Falcon.
The third USS Falcon, (AM-28/ASR-2) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy. She later became a submarine rescue ship.
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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 |
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Fate | Sold, 12 March 1947 |
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Class and 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 |
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