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Falcon (MHC-59)

Osprey Class Coastal Minehunter: Laid down 1 July 1993 by Intermarine USA, Savannah, GA; Launched 3 June 1995; Delivered to the Navy 14 October 1996; Commissioned 8 February 1997; Transferred to the Naval Reserve Force 26 October 1997; Homeported at Ingleside, TX; Decommissioned 30 June 2006, struck from the Navy Register and laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 895 Metric Tons; Length 188'; Beam 36', Draft (Navigation) 9' 5"; Draft (Keel) 7'; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 53; Armament two .50 cal. machine guns and one man held Stinger missile launcher; Propulsion two 800hp Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines, two Voith Schneider vertical axis, cycloidal, controllable pitch propellers, two shafts; Electrical Systems two ship service diesel generators, one ship service/emergency diesel generator; Monocoque Design glass reinforced plastic monohull design. No longitudinal or transverse hull framing. The skin carries all the stresses. The vessel is flexible under shock. Machinery is supported by cradles from the main deck; Sensors/Navigation Systems AN/SYQ-13 Navigation, Command & Control System, AN/SPS-64(V)9 surface search radar, AN/SPA-25G radar display; AN/UQN-4A sonar sounding set, AN/WSN-2 stabilized gyrocompass, Hyper-fix radio navigation system, Plotting table; Loran C, Military global positioning system (GPS), AN/BQH-7A expendable bathythermograph set; Mine Countermeasures Systems AN/SLQ-48(V)2 mine neutralization system (MNS), AN/SQQ-32 minehunting sonar.

Size	Image Description	Source
43k	Painting	-
133k	U.S. Navy photo	Joe Radigan
121k	4 November 2000 The coastal mine hunter Falcon is visiting Alexandria, VA, a suburb of Washington, D.C., as part of a deployment which takes the Ingleside, TX based ship to various cities on the nation's east coast. U.S. Navy photo 001104-N-5670G-001 by Alan P. Goldstein	Bill Gonyo

There is no DANFS history available for Falcon (MHC-59)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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