USS Jacana ( AMS - 193 ) USS " Jacana " ( AMS - 193 ) was a " Falcon " - class motor minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for clearing coastal minefields . " Jacana " was launched as AMS - 193 on 25 February 1954 by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard , Quincy , Massachusetts ; sponsored by Mrs . Dorothy M . Deehan . Reclassified MSC - 193 on 7 February 1955 , and commissioned on 10 March 1955 , Lt . ( j . g . ) W . W . Jordan in command . East Coast operations . After shakedown , " Jacana " arrived at Charleston , South Carolina , her home port , on 28 May 1955 ; and , during the year , engaged in tactical training and experimental exercises part of the Navy ' s ceaseless activity to maintain a superior - readiness capability that incorporates every modern technological advance . The motor minesweeper arrived at her new home port , Yorktown , Virginia , on 18 January 1957 , and commenced mine warfare exercises in the Chesapeake Bay . In addition to participating in mine warfare operations , " Jacana " performed important search and rescue missions for downed aircraft and engaged in amphibious exercises off Onslow Beach , North Carolina . Worthy of note is a disparity of " Jacana " s armament suite to that indicated for her class . " Jacana " s primary armament was her various minesweeping equipment . On her forecastle , " Jacana " had a WWII - vintage single barrel Oerlikon 20 mm cannon . Additionally , she had a supplemental group of small arms including a Browning Automatic Rifle ( BAR ) , two . 45 caliber Thompson sub - machine gun s , four M1 Garand rifles , and seven Colt M1911 . 45 caliber pistols , the single - action , semi - automatic military issue that had been in service since 1911 . She did not have an 81 mm mortar or two . 50 caliber machine guns . In July 1960 , " Jacana " proceeded to Eastport , Maine for the 4th of July celebration . Upon return to her home port of Little Creek , Virginia , she performed in local operations with Mine Division 41 through December . In January 1961 , " Jacana " proceeded to the Caribbean Sea and operated out of Guantanamo Bay , Cuba performing patrols of the Windward Passage between the East Coast of Cuba and the Dominican Republic returning to home port in April . At that time she was detached for a two - month overhaul in Portsmouth , Virginia . After overhaul and degaussing , she operated out of Roosevelt Roads , Puerto Rico ( PR ) while participating in an Amphibious exercise on the West end of the island of Viegas , PR . She returned to home port and participated in the annual Battle Efficiency " E " Award competition . " Jacana " won the award for LantFleet Coastal Minesweepers , as well as the Communications Green " C " award and the Minesweeping " M " award that year . In September 1961 , " Jacana " departed Little Creek for a continuation of cyclic ( three month rotations ) Windward Passage Patrols to track and photograph soviet shipping into Cuba . She ran smack into Category 4 Hurricane Esther off the coast of North Carolina East of Cape Hatteras . " Jacana " sustained significant superficial damage , losing the starboard strafing rail and most of the brass bow hull plating , which served to prevent anchor damage to the wooden hull , and was drydocked for repairs upon arrival in Guantanamo Bay . While on patrol in the Windward Passage , " Jacana " was once again tested with another 1961 Atlantic hurricane season storm , Tropical Storm Gerda , whereby " Jacana " left her patrol and proceeded Westbound along the South coast of Cuba directly into the winds of the storm . " Jacana " made virtually no progress after " steaming " at maximum speed for several hours , but sustained minimal damage from the 70 mph winds . " Jacana " returned to resume the patrol and completed it without further incident . At some point during the " Jacana " s Cuban patrols , Fidel Castro had threatened to attack Radio Swan on Swan Island and destroy a Radio Americas facility that was broadcasting anti - communist propaganda into Cuba 24 / 7 , she was dispatched to defend the ' American owned ' facility and its ' citizen ' ( black ops ) personnel . On 28 April 1962 , " Jacana " proceeded to Port Everglades , Florida , for duty with the Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility . After her mine evaluating mission was completed , she continued with the last of her Windward Passage assignments . " Jacana " completed what was to be her final Windward Passage patrol and returned to home port in July 1962 . The patrols by " Jacana " and her sister ships contributed in part to the events that unfolded in the " Missiles of October " events and the Cuban Blockade of October 1962 . " Jacana " sailed for Halifax late September to participate in joint American - Canadian maneuvers . Soon after this exercise , the Cuban crisis brought a showdown with communism . " Jacana " remained on alert through November . From 1963 to 1967 " Jacana " operated along the Atlantic Ocean coast , engaging in mine exercises , amphibious training , search and rescue operations , and duty with the Naval Mine Defense Laboratory in Florida Decommissioning . " Jacana " was transferred to Indonesia in 1971 and renamed " Pulau Aruan " ( M 718 ) . She was struck from the Naval Register , 1 May 1976 and sold , 1 September 1976 . Fate : unknown .