minesweeping boat
1No.1 class auxiliary patrol boat — Auxiliary Patrol Boat No.173 on 10 January 1945 Class overview Name: No.1 class auxiliary patrol boat …
2R boat — The R boats or Räumboote in German were a group of General purpose motor launches built for the Kriegsmarine before and during World War II. A total of 299 boats were built and the German Navy used them in every theatre including the Baltic,… …
3C 14 class missile boat — Class overview Operators:  People s Liberation Army Navy …
4minesweeper — minesweeping, n. /muyn swee peuhr/, n. Navy. a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines. [1900 05; MINE2 + SWEEPER] * * * Naval vessel used to clear submarine mines from an expanse of… …
5Minesweeper (ship) — US Navy Admirable class minesweeper USS Pivot in the Gulf of Mexico for sea trials on 12 July 1944 A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in… …
6Blockade of Wonsan — Part of the Korean War An explosion destroys North Korean supplies during the blockade of Wonsan …
7Naval mine — Polish wz. 08/39 contact mine. The protuberances around the top of the mine, called Hertz horns, are part of the detonation mechanism …
8USS Thompson (DD-627) — USS Thompson (DD 627 (later DMS 38) was first a Gleaves class destroyer, then became an Ellyson class destroyer minesweeper. She was the second Navy ship named Thompson , and the first named in honor of Robert M. Thompson. World War IIThe keel of …
9Danlayer — HMS Sir Galahad, a Round Table class trawler displacing 440 long tons, was converted to a danlayer in 1944 and used to support the Normandy landings. A danlayer was a type of vessel assigned to minesweeping flotillas during and immediately after… …
10Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force — (JMSDF) 海上自衛隊 (Kaijō Jieitai) Rising Sun Flag Founded …
