United States Navy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Mine countermeasures ships ==== {{Main|List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy}} [[Mine countermeasures vessel]]s are a combination of [[minehunter]]s, a naval vessel that actively detects and destroys individual [[naval mine]]s, and [[minesweeper]]s, which clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of the mines. MCM vessels have mostly legacy names of previous US Navy ships, especially World War II-era minesweepers. The Navy operates eight {{sclass|Avenger|mine countermeasures ship|1}}s, with four expected to be retired in 2024. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page