Hull / pennantMSC-197
ClassFalcon class
NavyUnited States Navy
CountryUnited States
Completed1955-06-28
Recorded statusDecommissioned/disposed
What is known about this ship
Parrot 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
Disposed after U.S. Navy service; scrapped in the 1970s.
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
Disposed after U.S. Navy service; scrapped in the 1970s.
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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