The minesweeper served in the U.S. Navy for over 20 years. A dedicated group of volunteers, veterans and history enthusiasts ...

A noteworthy fact about the Avenger-class minesweepers is that their hulls are constructed of wood—so as to avoid metal hull ...

The Stockton Maritime Museum will host a Fall Open House on Saturday of the UCC Lucid. Here's what to know before you go.

MANAMA, Bahrain — Sailors at a base home to the Navy’s hub in the Middle East bid farewell Thursday to the last of their wooden-hulled mine hunting ships in a mission handoff to four larger vessels ...

In 2013, the USS Guardian, a $212 million U.S. Navy minesweeper, ran aground on a protected reef in the Philippines. The incident left the ship stranded and damaged beyond repair, forcing crews to ...

Japan’s largest minelayer practiced defending a chain of strategic islands near Taiwan last week in what Tokyo described as a ...

The Navy on Saturday displayed the use of the PB3, an uncrewed underwater vehicle designed to destroy mines, the Liberty ...

JS Ukushima, a Sugashima-class minesweeper assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, reported that its engine room ...

Japan tracked several Russian and Chinese warships sailing on separate voyages near Japanese waters over the last week and tracked a Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a Chinese Maritime Patrol ...