USS Frigate Bird | Trackpads Warship Archive

The U.S. Navy coastal minesweepers USS Shrike (MSC-201), USS Redwing (MSC-200), USS Hummingbird (MSC-192), USS Frigate Bird (MSC-191), and USS Falcon (MSC-190) at Charleston, South Carolina (USA), in 1956.U.S. Navy All Hands magazine June 1956 , p. 41. · Public domainImage source

Hull / pennantAMS-191, M 721, MSC-191

ClassFalcon class

NavyUnited States Navy

CountryUnited States

Builder / shipyardQuincy Adams Yacht Yard

Completed1955-01-13

Recorded statusTransferred/disposed

What is known about this ship

Frigate Bird 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 Atang (M 721).

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 Atang (M 721).

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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