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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
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
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.
USS Valor (AM-472/MSO-472) was an Agile-class minesweeper in service with the United States Navy from 1954 to 1970. She was sold for scrap in 1971. She was sold for scrap in 1971. History
Minden (M1085): Lindau-class (Type 320) minesweeper, commissioned 1960 to 1975, upgraded to Type 331; Minden: Fulda-class (Type 331, upgraded Type 320 Lindau-class) minesweepers, commissioned 1978 to 1997; Mira: Krebs-class (Type 340) minesweeper, commissioned 1960—1973) is for sale click for details: – here
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.
USS Albatross (MSC-289) was the lead ship of the Albatross-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields. The sixth ship to be named Albatross by the navy, MSC-289 was laid down on 26 February 1959 by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington, launched on 22 March 1960; sponsored by Mrs. S. A. Peters, and commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval ...
The minesweeper resumed local operations in the fall of 1959 and continued to be so engaged until late in the summer of 1960. On 31 August of that year, she stood out of Long Beach for her first deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. She made stops at Pearl Harbor and at Midway Island before arriving in Yokosuka, Japan, on 28 September.