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USS HUMMINGBIRD
This primarily wood 1:75 scale minesweeper model was built for the
Naval PostGraduate School
in 2020.
USS Hummingbird (AMS-192) was
a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the US
Navy for clearing coastal minefields.
She was laid down
on 24 October 1953,
launched 25 December 1954 in Quincy,
Massachusetts, and
commissioned on 9 February
1955.
During 1957 and 1958, the Bluebird-class
minesweeper was based
at Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia. In 1959,
she shifted her home port to the amphibious base
at Little Creek, Virginia, and continued to perform
minesweeping duties during the periodic practice
assaults on the Atlantic coast. She arrived Halifax,
Nova Scotia, 6 October 1960, to take part in Sweep
Clear V, a NATO minesweeping exercise with Canadian
mine craft. In July 1961, USS
Hummingbird repeated this highly successful
combined exercise in Canadian waters.
The year 1962 saw more rigorous mine warfare
training for
Bluebird-class Hummingbird, with amphibious operations
at Onslow and in the Caribbean. The versatile ship
also took part in a search for a downed Air Force
plane off Delaware 1 June, before departing
for Panama City, Florida, to take part in mine
experiments. September included a third
NATO minesweeping exercise. As American naval power
quarantined Cuba in October, Hummingbird stood ready
in case larger operations were necessary, and in
early 1963, took part in patrols off Cuba. From 1963
to 1967, the minesweeper continued her training and
readiness operations, a vital part of America's
fighting power on the seas.
Hummingbird was transferred to Indonesia in 1971,
and renamed Pulau Impalasa (M-720).
On 1 May 1976,
she returned to US custody and
disposed of through the Defense Reutilization
and Marketing Service for scrap, 1 September 1976.
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Learn more about the
Bluebird-class USS Hummingbird here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hummingbird_(AMS-192)
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