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Minesweeper No. 28 / AM-28 / ASR-2 Falcon


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down 14 November 1917 by the Gas Engine and Power Co. and C.L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY; Launched 7 September 1918; Commissioned USS Falcon (Minesweeper No. 28), 12 November 1918; Designated AM-28, 14 August 1921; Reclassified as a Submarine Rescue Vessel ASR-2, 12 September 1929; Decommissioned 18 June 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold 12 March 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3"/50s; Propulsion Harlan and Hollingsworth, verticle triple expansion reciprocation steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one shaft..


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Falcon 65k c. 1919 .
Falcon 79k c. 1919
U.S. Navy Photo NH 54138
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 124k c. 1919-1920, Falcon escorting the German destroyer G102 to a U.S. Port. The G102 was turned over to the U.S. as war reparations, she was later expended as a target.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 45786
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 127k 23 December 1924, off Pensacola with sails rigged
U.S. Navy Photo NH 54140
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 100k 7 July 1926, S-51 being towed into the New York Navy, supported by salvage pontoons. the S-51's conning tower is visible between the middle pair of pontoons, Falcon (AM-26) is assisting from the rear of the tow.
Courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, CA. 1969
U.S. Navy Photo NH 69222
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 80k c. 1928 .
Falcon 92k c. 1928 .
Falcon 107k 14 December 1928, In port, the submarine S-4 moored alongside
Falcon (AM-28)
Courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, CA. 1969.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 68837
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 74k 20 December 1928, during salvage tests off New London. USS S-4 being supported by salvage pontoons, with Falcon (AM-28) assisting from alongside and a US Coast Guard patrol boat off her bow.
Courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco CA, 1969.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 69221
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 91k c. 1920s to early 1930s, Falcon seen here serving as a submarine rescue ship but still retaining her original hull number. Note submarine rescue symbol painted on her bow.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 54139
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 77k 29 April, 1939, off New York City
Courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1969
U.S. Navy Photo NH 67740A
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 82k c. 24 May 1939. Wandank (AT-26) at left, and Falcon (ASR-2) moored over the sunken Squalus (SS-192) during rescue operations. The McCann Rescue Chamber, which brought 33 of Squalus's crew to safety, is visiable on Falcon's after deck.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 57508
Naval Historical Center
Falcon 108k Summer 1939, off New Hampshire coast. Falcon (ASR-2) moored over the sunken Squalus (SS-192)
U.S. Navy Photo NH 1149022
Naval Historical Center

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