The U.S. Navy defines a sea (naval) mine as "a self-contained explosive device placed in water deemed to destroy surface ships or submarines." These mines have played a role in U.S. naval history ...

REAM NAVAL BASE, Cambodia -- When the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweepers JS Etajima and JS Bungo arrived at the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia on Saturday, it was the start of no ...

Nearby, a group of Ukrainian minesweepers with the country's territorial defense forces worked to clear the area of dozens of other deadly mines and unexploded ordnance — a push to restore a ...

A memorial in Grimsby which pays tribute to the brave seafarers who risked their lives sweeping the seas to clear them of mines has been restored back to its former glory. Erected on Grimsby Docks ...

Researchers searching for a pair of World War I-era minesweepers that mysteriously vanished in Lake Superior over a century ago instead found a long-missing ship that sank to the bottom of the ...

AMSTERDAM, March 14 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will give Ukraine two minesweepers, drone radars, and an M3 amphibious bridge-bulding system, Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Tuesday ...

The original plaque, which was dedicated in 1939 to the minesweepers, is located on the western side of the Dock Tower ABP said the memorial was dedicated to 2,385 men who had no grave and died at ...

Mine-clearing teams operate step by step, at night, in small units. During that night in July, three or four minesweepers, and as many Ukrainian scouts, were making their way on foot – and even ...