The fourth USS ''Falcon'' (AMS-190/MSC-190) was a in the

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Construction

''Falcon'' was laid down 7 May 1953, as AMS-190; launched 21 September 1953, by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. A. D. MacDonnell; and commissioned 24 November 1954. She was reclassified MSC-190 on 7 February 1955.

East Coast operations

Between 7 January 1955 and 16 January 1957, ''Falcon'' was based at Charleston, South Carolina, for

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exercises,

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s, and mine warfare development activities along the east coast and in the Caribbean. Little Creek, the amphibious base in the Norfolk, Virginia, naval complex, was her home port for similar operations until 12 February 1959, when she sailed for Rodman,

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. During 1960, she sailed out of Rodman for operations on both sides of the

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, and visits to

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islands and ports.

Transfer to Indonesia

In 1971, ''Falcon'' was transferred to

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and renamed ''Pulau Aru'' (M-722. She was struck from the US

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on 1 May 1976, and disposed for scrap through the

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1 September 1976.

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Falcon- AMS-190

USS Falcon, Oriole Decommissioned
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcon (AMS-190) Adjutant-class minesweepers Bluebird-class minesweepers Cold War mine warfare vessels of the United States Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts 1953 ships Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Indonesian Navy Pulau Aru