minelaying

The Russians learned quickly, and soon employed the Japanese tactic of offensive minelaying.

The U.S. concluded Libya was probably responsible for the minelaying.

Afterwards more effort was deployed on offensive minelaying by submarines, motor launches, and aircraft, which proved far more effective.

From 3 December 1942 to 22 January 1943, the submarine conducted a combined minelaying and offensive patrol, again in waters surrounding the Japanese home islands.

She participated in numerous minelaying and antisubmarine exercises off the west coast, covering the area from Mexico north to British Columbia and west to Hawaii.

The U.S. Army held primary responsibility for defensive coastal minelaying, and submarines and aircraft were proving superbly capable of carrying mine warfare to enemy shores.

The ship was commissioned on 8 March 1991 and incorporated into the 2nd Minelaying and Transport Unit of the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla based in Świnoujście.

Of course, the U.S. Navy also knew generally where the mines had been laid, although the inherent inaccuracy of aerial minelaying meant that the precise location of each mine was not known.

At 10 pm on 21 September 1987, the captain of the USS Jarrett launched a SEABAT team (a MH-6 and two AH-6s) to check out reports of Iranian minelaying.

In August 1919 nshe joined the force clearing the North Sea of the North Sea Mine Barrage, the vast minefields laid during World War I, in an operation almost as intricate and dangerous as the original minelaying had been.

Minelaying operations continued until 10 May 1940, when the German invasion began.

The Axis made every form of air attack, including minelaying ahead of the fleet.

The Nautilus class was a pair of light cruisers designed for minelaying operations.

Minelaying by Axis aircraft also caused a steady rise in submarine losses.

Some carried mines and were fitted for minelaying.

Around 1920, Terror was equipped for minelaying.

It didn't take a nuclear submarine to execute this most simple and ancient of naval missions minelaying.

Lowestoft was a base of operations for minelaying and sweeping, while Gt.

Terror then prepared for her primary mission at Casablanca and the task for which she had been designed, minelaying.

Further screening of minelaying operations followed.

Minesweeping and minelaying capabilities were replaced by depth charge launchers.

Minelaying operations were shown by the silhouette of a sea mine: a number inside the mine indicated how many such missions.

Porpoise then returned to minelaying off Crete.

They had ramps at both ends and could carry passengers and vehicles but could also be converted for minelaying.

It was thought likely that the submarine had been sunk by one of her own mines detonating under her stern while minelaying.

Whilst minelaying off Norway in mid-1941, she encountered and torpedoed a Finnish merchantman.

During the first months of World War II, the He 59 was used as a torpedo- and minelaying aircraft.

Minelaying version with VMR-1 or 2 system for 64 or 200 anti-tank mines.

Several ships ran aground in 1915 and 1916, often while providing cover for minelaying operations, but only Sebastopol suffered any significant damage.

In January and February she was used to escort a number of minelaying operations in the North Sea.

The team found the Iran Ajr, an amphibious landing ship equipped with minelaying racks.

On 15 January 1945 she returned to the Western Approaches for minelaying in the Irish Sea.

Minelaying version with four VSM-1 dispensers.

The ships continued to serve in Continuation War in both minelaying as well as in transport roles.

Some specialised derivates such as artillery vessels and minelaying vessels were also built on the basis of these craft.