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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.
Prototype ship built of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) to same hull design as Ton class. Forerunner of the Hunt and Sandown classes, also built of GRP. Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel (13 ships, launched 1978–1988) mine countermeasures vessels; Venturer-class minesweeper (2 ships, bought 1979) deep-water single-role minesweepers
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.
The second vessel, Vlissingen, is to be five-to-six months delayed, with Tournai and Scheveningen also seeing delays of two and one month(s) respectively. [27] In July 2024, it was reported that the first mine countermeasures vessel, Oostende, had begun its sea trials. [28]
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
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 .
The capabilities of the remaining eight vessels of the Hunt class have been significantly enhanced by the installation of Sonar Type 2193 and the NAUTIS 3 command system. The performance of Sonar 2193 exceeds that of any other mine hunting sonar in service in the world today and is capable of detecting and classifying an object the size of a ...
The Fleet-class unmanned surface vessel, also called the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) and later the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV), [2] is an unmanned surface vessel designed for the United States Navy to be deployed from Freedom and Independence-class littoral combat ships [3] and intended to conduct mine and anti-submarine warfare missions.