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Peacock (AMS / MSC 198)


Falcon Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 29 January 1953 as AMS-198 by the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, CA; Launched, 19 June 1954; Reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-198, 7 February 1955; Commissioned USS Peacock (MSC 198), 16 March 1955; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1975; Disposed of through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap, 1 September 1976.

Specifications: Displacement 362 t.; Length 144 3"'; Beam 27' 2"; Draft 12'; Speed 13.6 kts; Complement 40; Armament one twin 20mm; Propulsion 600shp Packard diesel engines, two shafts.
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Peacock 65k . Charles Esper
ADCS(AW) USNR-R
Crew member 71/73

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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