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The PCS-1376 class of coastal minesweepers were originally Patrol Craft Sweepers (PCS) which lacked minesweeping gear. They were built on 134-foot YMS-1-class minesweeper hulls and then converted into sonar school ships or back into minesweepers. [4] USS Medrick (AMc-203), ex-PCS-1466; USS Minah (AMc-204), ex-PCS-1465, later AMCU-14
USS Lucid (AM-458/MSO-458) is an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing naval mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships. She was launched soon after the Korean War , sailed on five Western Pacific (Westpac) cruises and served four tours in Vietnam during the Vietnam War .
USS Vigor (AM-473/MSO-473) was an Agile-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Vigor was laid down on 16 June 1952 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin , by the Burger Boat Co.; launched on 23 June 1953, sponsored by Mrs. Charles C. Kerwin; and ...
After calibrating the compass for them, Sturdy returned to the new site and located the mines within 2 days, destroying all of them. Sturdy was deployed to the Caribbean with her mine division 44 from 29 May through 18 October 1963. This cruise was essentially the Navy's clean-up effort after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In the early 1980s, the U.S. Navy began development of a new mine countermeasures (MCM) force, which included two new classes of ships and minesweeping helicopters.The vital importance of a state-of-the-art mine countermeasures force was strongly underscored in the Persian Gulf during the eight years of the Iran–Iraq War, and in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 when ...
USS YMS-328 is a decommissioned US Navy YMS-1-class (YMS-135 subclass) Yard Mine Sweeper (YMS), built in Ballard, Washington (Seattle) at Ballard Marine & Railway. She was classified as a Mark II design and her hull is constructed completely out of 3" vertical grain Douglas fir.
USS Affray (AM-511/MSO-511) was an Acme-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.
Pages in category "World War II minesweepers of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 480 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .