USS Parrot

	USS Parrot (MSC-197)
History
United States
Name	Parrot
Namesake	Parrot
Builder	Broward Marine, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Laid down	23 December 1953
Launched	27 November 1954
Commissioned	28 June 1955
Decommissioned	26 September 1968
In service	26 September 1968
Out of service	20 July 1972
Reclassified	Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 August 1972
Identification	Hull symbol: AMS-197; Hull symbol: MSC-197;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 December 1976
General characteristics
Class and type	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement	362 long tons (368 t)
Length	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)
Beam	27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	4 × Packard 600 hp (450 kW) diesel engines; 2,400 hp (1,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	13.6 kn (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × twin 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts; 2 × caliber .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns; 1 × 81 mm mortar;

USS Parrot (AMS/MSC-197) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper in the United States Navy for clearing coastal minefields.

History
USS Parrot (MSC-197)
United States
Name	Parrot
Namesake	Parrot
Builder	Broward Marine, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Laid down	23 December 1953
Launched	27 November 1954
Commissioned	28 June 1955
Decommissioned	26 September 1968
In service	26 September 1968
Out of service	20 July 1972
Reclassified	Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 August 1972
Identification	Hull symbol: AMS-197 Hull symbol: MSC-197
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 December 1976
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement	362 long tons (368 t)
Length	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)
Beam	27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	4 × Packard 600 hp (450 kW) diesel engines 2,400 hp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	13.6 kn (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × twin 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts 2 × caliber .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 81 mm mortar