USS Falcon (MHC-59)
![]() USS Falcon on the Potomac River, 2000 | |
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Name | USS Falcon (MHC-59) |
Awarded | 22 April 1992 |
Builder | Intermarine USA |
Laid down | 1 July 1993 |
Launched | 3 June 1995 |
Acquired | 14 October 1996 |
Commissioned | 8 February 1997 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 2006 |
Stricken | 30 June 2006 |
Fate | Disposed of, by Navy Sale 23 May 2010 |
History | |
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Name | ROCS Yung An (MHC 1311) |
Acquired | 2 August 2012 |
Commissioned | 10 August 2012 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Osprey-class coastal minehunter |
Displacement | 821 tons (light) 908 tons (full) |
Length | 188′ (57.3 m) |
Beam | 38′ (11.6 m) |
Draft | 11′ (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel Engines |
Complement | Officers: 5 Enlisted: 46 |
USS Falcon (MHC-59) is the ninth ship of Osprey-class coastal minehunters. She is named after the falcon.
References
[edit]This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.