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A mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV is a type of naval ship designed for the location of and destruction of naval mines which combines the role of a minesweeper and minehunter in one hull. [1] The term MCMV is also applied collectively to minehunters and minesweepers.
Mine warfare consists of: minelaying, the deployment of explosive naval mines at sea to sink enemy ships or to prevent their access to particular areas; minesweeping, the removal or detonation of naval mines; and degaussing, the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field in a ship's hull to prevent its detection by magnetic mines.
A minehunter is a naval vessel that seeks, detects, and destroys individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of mines. A vessel that combines both of these roles is known as a mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV).
Wilton class (1 ship, launched 18 January 1972) open-water minesweeper and minehunter. Prototype ship built in Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) to same hull design as Ton class and forerunner of Hunt and Sandown classes also constructed in GRP. Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel (13 ships, launched 1978—1988) mine countermeasures vessels
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 ...
Pages in category "Mine countermeasures support ships of the United States Navy" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessel; Keeten-class minesweeper; Kite-class minesweeper; Kondor-class minesweeper; Koster-class mine countermeasures vessel; Kuha-class minesweeper (1941) Kuha-class minesweeper (1974)
AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, AN/SPS-73 Surface Radar, AN/WSN-7B Ring Laser Gyro; Armament: Mine hunting equipment: [2] AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization System, AN/SLQ-37(V)3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System, Armament: [2] 4 × M2HB ...