USS Falcon (MHC-59)
USS Falcon (MHC-59) is the ninth ship of Osprey-class coastal minehunters. She is named after the falcon.
![]() USS Falcon on the Potomac River, 2000 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Status: | Disposed of, by Navy Sale 23 May 2010 |
| History | |
| 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 |
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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