USS Limpkin ( AMS - 195 ) USS Limpkin ( AMS - 195 ) was a " Falcon " - class motor minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for clearing coastal minefields . The second ship to be named " Limpkin " by the Navy , " MSC - 195 " was laid down 17 April 1953 by Broward Marine , Inc . , Fort Lauderdale , Florida , launched 22 May 1954 ; sponsored by Mrs . Edward Applegate ; and commissioned 10 April 1955 , Lt . T . E . Vines in command . East Coast operations . After reporting to Mine Division 45 at Charleston , South Carolina , 15 April 1955 , the new coastal minesweeper proceeded to Narragansett Bay , Rhode Island , for shakedown . Returning to Charleston on 19 June , " Limpkin " trained with the Fleet Sonar School , Key West , Florida , 20 July to 3 August , then returned home for operations off South Carolina and a post shake down overhaul . Transferred to MinDiv 41 . Transferred to Mine Division 41 on New Year ' s Day , during 1956 " Limpkin " worked with the Mine Evaluation Depot , Key West , Florida ; spent a gruelling month undergoing refresher training at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba : and participated in a minesweeping exercise with the Atlantic Fleet . Shifting home port to Yorktown , Virginia , site of the Navy Mine Warfare School , in January 1957 , for the next two years the ship trained Navy men in the dangers and intricacies of minesweeping operations . Participating in NATO exercises . Changing her home port to Little Creek , Virginia , 1 January 1959 , " Limpkin " operated with the amphibious forces of the Atlantic Fleet and tested experimental minesweeping gear in the Chesapeake Bay . The ship departed Little Creek on 29 September 1960 for the NATO exercise " Sweepclear " off Nova Scotia . Calling briefly at Boston , Massachusetts , " Limpkin " arrived Halifax 6 October and operated with Canadian minesweeps until 19 October . Returning to Little Creek 26 October , the ship soon deployed to the Caribbean , visiting Cristobal , Panama , and San Juan , Puerto Rico , during the three - month cruise and participating in LANTPHIBEX 1 - 61 . For the remainder of 1961 , she patrolled Chesapeake Bay , evaluating new equipment and training recruits . Canadian operations . Following another LANTPHIBEX in the Caribbean during early 1962 , " Limpkin " returned to Nova Scotia in October 1962 for a Joint operation " Sweepclear " with Canadian Mine Squadron 1 . In 1963 , plus operating in the Chesapeake Bay , the ship gained more invaluable training with the Canadians , as " Sweepclear " shifted to Mayport , Florida , thus providing familiarity with the breadth and unity of American - Canadian defense for the eastern coast of North America . " Limpkin " continued this pattern of service , perfecting the dangerous art of mine warfare in operations along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean until late 1968 . Inactivation and use as a training ship . On 26 September 1968 she decommissioned and was placed in service as a U . S Naval Reserve training ship , based at Perth Amboy , New Jersey . She continued to give reservists first hand training into 1969 . " Limpkin " was transferred to Indonesia in 1971 as " Pulau Anjer " ( M 719 ) ; struck from the Naval Register , 1 May 1976 ; and disposed of for scrap through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service on 1 September 1976 .