![]() USS Quail (AM-15), scuttled off Corregidor.USS Plover (AM-12), canceled 4 December 1918.USS Condor (AM-11), canceled 4 December 1918.Modern Littoral Combat Ships use 'L' hull symbols even though they can be used for mine warfare.Īll ACMs except USS Buttress and USS Monadnock were originally US Army mine planters. The exception was the degaussing ships, which retained the 'A' hull symbol. On 7 February 1955 all of these ships and craft still in service or reserve were reclassed and received new hull symbols beginning with 'M', usually without change of hull number. The exceptions were four converted cargo ships with ID numbers (prior to the modern hull system), certain large 'cruiser' minelayers which were given hull symbols beginning with 'CM', converted destroyers which were given hull symbols beginning with 'DM', and three unclassified civilian cargo ships after World War II. Mine warfare ships were originally considered by the US Navy to be either auxiliaries or yard and district craft, and so were given hull classification symbols beginning with either 'A' or 'Y', depending on their capabilities. Mine planting is the laying and maintenance of controlled mines for harbor defense, which was traditionally a role of the US Army. The US Navy has operated ships and craft for all three purposes. 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. Ships in the precommissioning category include ships under construction or on order. Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships which have been disposed from US service have no listed status. Ship status is indicated as either currently active (including ready reserve), inactive, or precommissioning. ![]() This is a list of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy. USS Inchon (MCS-12) with four MH-53E minesweeping helicopters on deck, 2001 ![]()
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