USS Frigate Bird (AMS-191)
USS Frigate Bird (AMS-191) was a Bluebird class motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields. The second ship in the Navy to be named Frigate Bird, AMS-191 was launched 24 October 1953 by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Matthew Gushing; and commissioned 13 January 1955, Lieutenant (junior grade) G. B. Shick, Jr., in command. She was reclassified MSC-191 on 7 February 1955.
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USS Frigate Bird (AMS-191)
USS Frigate Bird (AMS-191) was a Bluebird class motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields. The second ship in the Navy to be named Frigate Bird, AMS-191 was launched 24 October 1953 by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Matthew Gushing; and commissioned 13 January 1955, Lieutenant (junior grade) G. B. Shick, Jr., in command. She was reclassified MSC-191 on 7 February 1955.
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USS Frigate Bird (AMS-191) was ...... ed MSC-191 on 7 February 1955.
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1955-01-13
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1953-07-20
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4.38912e+1
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1953-10-24
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Sold for scrap, 1 September 1976
Transferred toIndonesia, 1971
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700,858,234
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*Packard diesel engines,
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1976-05-01
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KRI Pulau Atang (M721)
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