USS Peregrine ( AM - 373 ) USS " Peregrine " ( AM - 373 ) was an built for the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . She was named after the peregrine , a swift and powerful falcon . " Peregrine " was laid down by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co . , Savannah , Georgia , 24 October 1944 ; launched 17 February 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . Ethel K . Adams ; and commissioned 27 September 1945 , Comdr . Carl R . Cunningham , Jr . in command . East Coast operations . After fitting out at the Charleston Navy Yard , Charleston , South Carolina , and shakedown in Chesapeake Bay , " Peregrine " became school ship at the Naval Mine Warfare School , Yorktown , Virginia . From 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 " 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 . On 7 February 1955 she became MSF - 373 . On 9 September 1955 she departed Key West , Florida , for Port Lyautey , North Africa . She operated off Casablanca and called at Gibraltar before sailing for Bermuda and Key West , Florida , arriving at that homeport 8 December . From 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 24 June " Peregrine " departed for special operations near Saint John ' s harbor , New Brunswick , Canada . " Peregrine " departed the Key West , Florida area again 31 July 1961 en route to Argentia returning 5 October . During November 1962 , while serving under ComServLant , " Peregrine " escorted the technical research ship on patrol off Havana , Cuba , during the Cuban Missile Crisis . During 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 . Reclassification to Type AG . On 25 February 1964 the ship ' s designation was changed from Experimental Fleet Mine Sweeper ( EMSF - 373 ) to general auxiliary ( AG - 176 ) . 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 . Arctic operations . In February 1965 " Peregrine " departed Key West , Florida , for a South Atlantic Ocean cruise to conduct independent project operations . After a return to Key West , " Peregrine " entered Rosyth , Scotland , 20 May . On 27 May " Peregrine " gained her " Blue Nose " as she crossed the Arctic Circle . For most of the rest of the year " Peregrine " participated in classified oceanographic operations in the Norwegian Sea . She visited Bremerhaven , Germany , 21 – 25 October , returning to Key West , Florida 10 November . In early 1966 " Peregrine " participated in the testing of an experimental oceanographic survey method in Bermuda operating areas . In late 1966 " Peregrine " was deployed to the North Atlantic Ocean on special operations , operating out of Naval Station Argentia , Newfoundland . On 1 March 1967 " Peregrine " got underway from Key West , Florida , for the Panama Canal which she transited 5 – 6 March , reaching her new homeport of San Francisco , California , 16 March . She departed San Francisco 25 March , reaching Pearl Harbor 1 April . She departed 4 April for Yokosuka , Japan , where she conducted project operations . September and October were spent conducting operations out of Midway . After further operations out of Hawaii , the ship returned to San Francisco , California 28 November . Decommissioning . " Peregrine " decommissioned 31 January 1969 . She was struck from the Navy List on 1 February 1969 .