After a return to Key West, Peregrine entered Rosyth, Scotland, 20 May. In February 1965 Peregrine departed Key West, Florida, for a South Atlantic Ocean cruise to conduct independent project operations. Her new designator reflected her operational task of full-time testing and evaluating of experimental equipment prior to incorporation of the equipment into other ships of the fleet. On 25 February 1964 the ship's designation was changed from Experimental Fleet Mine Sweeper (EMSF-373) to general auxiliary (AG-176). During November 1962, while serving under ComServLant, Peregrine escorted the technical research ship Oxford (AG-159) on patrol off Havana, Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.ĭuring 1963 Peregrine was involved in a mapping project from Bermuda to Argentia and Halifax, Nova Scotia, during which time she did not see her homeport for five months. Peregrine departed the Key West, Florida, area again 31 July 1961 en route to Argentia returning 5 October. On 24 June Peregrine departed for special operations near Saint John's harbor, New Brunswick, Canada.

She operated off Casablanca and called at Gibraltar before sailing for Bermuda and Key West, Florida, arriving at that homeport 8 December.įrom 1955 to 1960 Peregrine operated out of Key West, Florida, as far south as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, and as far north as New York City. On 9 September 1955 she departed Key West, Florida, for Port Lyautey, North Africa. Peregrine spent most of the years from 1951 to 1955 operating out of Norfolk with cruises as far south as Balboa, Panama Canal Zone and as far north as Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland. Adams and commissioned 27 September 1945.Īfter fitting out at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and shakedown in Chesapeake Bay, Peregrine became a school ship at the Naval Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia.įrom 1945 to 1951 she conducted daily minesweeping operations in Yorktown, Virginia Charleston, South Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia, and also conducted tests on anti-roll gear, and other tests of an experimental nature. Peregrine was laid down by the Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia, 24 October 1944 launched 17 February 1945 sponsored by Mrs. She was named after the peregrine, a swift and powerful falcon.

USS Peregrine (AM-373) was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia

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