USS Falcon (MHC-59)
USS Falcon on the Potomac River, 2000 | |
History | |
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United States | |
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 |
Struck: | 30 June 2006 |
Status: | Disposed of, by Navy Sale 23 May 2010 |
History | |
Taiwan | |
Name: | ROCS Yung An (MHC 1311) |
Commissioned: | 10 August 2012 |
Fate: | Template:Ship will be in active service soon |
Status: | Delivered 2 August 2012 |
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 |
For other ships with the same name, see USS Falcon.
USS Falcon (MHC-59) is the ninth ship of Osprey-class coastal minehunters. She is named after the falcon.
References
- 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.
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