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USS HUMMINGBIRD

This primarily wood 1:75 scale tug 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 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 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 USS Hummingbird here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hummingbird_(AMS-192)