Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | ASR 2 |
Mod | Submarine rescue vessel |
Built by | Gas Engine and Power Co. and C.L. Seabury Co. (Morris Heights, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 14 Nov 1917 |
Launched | 7 Sep 1918 |
Commissioned | 12 Nov 1918 |
End service | 18 Jun 1946 |
History | Completed as minesweeper |
Commands listed for USS Falcon (ASR 2)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. George Kenneth Mackenzie, Jr., USN | 5 May 1941 | mid 1942 |
2 | John Lee Hunter, USN | mid 1942 | 10 Oct 1944 |
3 | John Wilbur Thompson, USN | 10 Oct 1944 | 9 Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Falcon include:
5 Jun 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted exercises off New London, Connecticut with the submarine rescue vessel USS Falcon (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunter, USN). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 199/1830
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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