After decades of setbacks and early retirements, the Navy’s most ridiculed ship is finally doing its job: hunting mines and ...
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US Navy’s last Avenger-class decommissioned
Task Force 55/Destroyer Squadron 50 of the US 5th Fleet now handles mine countermeasures in the US Central Command's area.
The Navy on Sept. 25 conducted a decommissioning ceremony for the last of four Avengers-class mine countermeasures ships ...
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. George Wikoff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) presided ...
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Why the US Navy Is Decommissioning Its Minesweepers
A noteworthy fact about the Avenger-class minesweepers is that their hulls are constructed of wood—so as to avoid metal hull ...
The keel was laid for the first Macaé-class boat to have the capability to carry out mine countermeasures. Pictured here is NPa Macaé patrolling Rio de Janeiro's Bay of Guanabara in November 2024.
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