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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).
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.
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 .
Mine countermeasures ship: 6 October 1990: San Diego, CA [55] [56] Scheduled to be decommissioned 2024 [8] USS Dewey: DDG-105 Arleigh Burke: Destroyer: 6 March 2010: San Diego, CA [57] USS Dextrous: MCM-13 Avenger: Mine countermeasures ship: 9 July 1994: Manama, Bahrain [58] Scheduled to be decommissioned 2024 [8] USS Donald Cook: DDG-75 ...
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
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)