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sold to Malaysia 1960 and renamed KD Mahamiru: Derriton: M1128: 22 December 1953: broken up in 1970. The machinery and fittings were reconditioned and installed in the prototype Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) minehunter HMS Wilton, launched on 18 January 1972 and commissioned on 14 July 1970; Preserved 2001 Dilston: M1168: 15 November 1954
Through 1960 she continued to sail out of Long Beach, California, for operations and cruises along the west coast. Minediv 93 went on a WesPac during the summer of 1961. On 27 August 1961, Commander Mine Division 93 , with ocean minesweepers USS Leader (MSO 490) and USS Excel (MSO 439), made the first official visit by ships of the US Navy to ...
BYMS-class minesweeper (150 ships, launched 1941—1943) British Yard acoustic / magnetic motor minesweepers; Ton-class minesweeper (116 ships, launched 1952—1959) open-water minesweepers, minehunters and mine countermeasures vessels; Ham-class minesweeper (93 ships, launched 1954—1959) inshore minesweepers
BYMS-class minesweeper (150 ships, launched 1941–1943) British-built acoustic / magnetic motor minesweepers Cybele class (2 ships, launched 1943) towed pressure-mine detonating vessels Ton-class minesweeper (116 ships, launched 1952–1959) open-water minesweepers, minehunters and mine countermeasures vessels
The Adjutant-class minesweepers were of a wooden construction with brass and stainless steel fittings to reduce magnetic attraction.The rated displacement was 330 long tons (340 t) light and 390 long tons (400 t) at full load, though the ships of the Redwing class show a displacement of 412 long tons (419 t) and the Albatross class show a displacement of 320 long tons (330 t).
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.
Over-the-top violence in such video games as Mortal Kombat and Doom drew hand-wringing moral outrage from worrywart parents and government scolds throughout the '90s.Minesweeper—in which players ...
During her 15 years of active service with the Navy, the minesweeper served with the Atlantic and 6th Fleets. She operated out of Charleston throughout her career, when not deployed to the Mediterranean. Skill operated with the 6th Fleet in the "middle sea" in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1968.