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USS Falcon (MSC-190), USS Hummingbird (MSC-192) and USS Shrike (MSC-201) are moored alongside, the fuel oil barge YO-129 is outboard of Shr... — The U.S. Navy landing craft repair ship USS Pandemus (ARL-18) at anchor as flagship of Mine Squadron (MINRON) 4. The coastal minesweepers USS Falcon (MSC-190), USS Hummingbird (MSC-192) and USS Shrike (MSC-201) are moored alongside, the fuel oil barge YO-129 is outboard of Shrike .U.S. Navy All Hands magazine archive February 1957 , p. 9. · Public domainImage source

Hull / pennantAMS-190, M 722, MSC-190

ClassFalcon class

NavyUnited States Navy

CountryUnited States

Builder / shipyardQuincy Adams Yacht Yard

Completed1954-11-24

Recorded statusTransferred/disposed

What is known about this ship

Falcon is documented as one ship in the Falcon class lineage. Designation changes, conversions, and foreign transfers remain temporal identities on this same hull.

Service history

Transferred to Indonesia in 1971 as Pulau Aru (M 722).

Class context: Falcon class

The Falcon class comprises ten U.S.-built coastal minesweepers, MSC-190 through MSC-199, with six later Indonesian transfers retained as new service identities on the same ships.

Later service and disposition

Transferred to Indonesia in 1971 as Pulau Aru (M 722).

Class relationship

This ship is recorded as a member of Falcon class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

Motor Mine Sweeper Photo Archive — AMS / MSC Index ↗NavSource Naval History · accessed 2026-09-19
Minesweepers MSO MSC MSI MHC MCM Post-War — ShipbuildingHistory ↗ShipbuildingHistory.com · accessed 2026-09-19

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