USS Frigate Bird (AMS-191)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Frigate Bird.
History
United States
Name: USS Frigate Bird (AMS-191)
Namesake: frigate bird
Builder: Quincy Adams Yacht Yard
Laid down: 20 July 1953
Launched: 24 October 1953
Commissioned: 13 January 1955
Reclassified: MSC-191, 7 February 1955
Fate: Transferred to Indonesia, 1971
History
Indonesia
Name: KRI Pulau Atang (M721)
Acquired: 1971
Struck: 1 May 1976
Fate: Sold for scrap, 1 September 1976
General characteristics
Class & type: Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement: 290 long tons (295 t)
Length: 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)
Beam: 28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 39
Armament: 2 × 20 mm gun mounts

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.

East Coast operations

Joining Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, at Charleston, South Carolina, 21 February 1955 Frigate Bird began a program of U.S. East Coast and Caribbean training and experimental operations which continued through 1960. Among her activities were amphibious exercises on the beaches near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, surveying ocean currents, testing a new type of can buoy, and taking part in fleet exercises of various types. From July 1958, she was homeported at Little Creek, Virginia, and served at frequent intervals with the Operational Development Force.

Decommissioning

Frigate Bird was transferred to Indonesia in 1971 as Pulau Atang (M721); struck from the Naval Vessel Register, 1 May 1976; and, disposed of through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap, 1 September 1976.

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