The difference between a minehunter and a minesweeper

In today’s episode we are going to talk about “the difference between a minehunter and a minesweeper” To be precise, let’s take a look on what is it to be called minehunter and minesweeper. A minehunter is a ship that searches for, detects, and destroys individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clean mined regions in their entirety without detecting any mines beforehand. Minesweepers are ships that are designed to sweep different types of mines. Interestingly, today we would like to scrutinize several distinctions of minehunter and minesweeper in terms of their historical use, how they are functioning and their role at the present time. Let’s begin this topic with the history of minesweeper use.

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[markwoten]

I was stationed on three minesweepers. The USS Gallant, USS Conquest and USS Enhance. They were all with a wooden hull. We hunted for mines from 0400 the 2000. Add being attacked by Iranian Boghammars. We used shoulder launched stinger missiles to combat them. It was pretty hair raising to be in that situation. It was late 1986 through 1988. Our job was to keep the Straits of Hormuz open to shipping. It’s an experience I’ll never forget.

[cathoderay]

Minehunter, minesweeper... either way, you've got some very brave men serving aboard a vessel designed to go into a potential minefield in order to protect the lives of others. Nothing but Respect for such men, from a former Amphibious Ship Sailor.

[aloh]

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[noahkloeckner]

Please bring the old background music back. I miss it. :)

[ronaldrobertson]

Ive been on U.S.S. HAZARD, AM-240 numerous times since I was a kid in the 1970's. The largest ship to travel up the Missouri River under her own power back then. Shes now sitting on the riverbank at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska alongside U.S.S. Marlin T-2, a diesel traning sub in the 1950's. The HAZARD is the last Admirable Class in existence since the city of St. Louis allowed U.S.S. INAUGURAL to break free and sink in the Mississippi years ago.

[EdMcF]

In the Falklands War, the Royal Navy had no MCMVs, the Admiral used frigates instead to check Falkland Sound for mines, there were none.

[dimitrhsrap]

Got 10-15 years on those ships I've lost count even worked on the old 1950's model the Adjutant-class minesweeper. Now that was some realy oldschool shit. Surprisingly they where realy old ships but still worked as intended. Just like they say, they don't make them like that anymore.

[sebresludolf]

*Please make a video on the Iranian defence industry and Iranian made weapons*

[mscar]

Thank you so much, the only channel that gives great military knowledge. Please could you do a video about the different Air to ground bombs (GBU/FAB) Thanks again

[charliepearson]

I was stationed on the uss Assurance mso 521 (later AG 521) in the mid 70, s . we had a wooden hull with degaussing cables wrapped around the inner hull to keep us from being attracted to magnetic mines . we all so had some thing called an acoustic generator . not sure what that did . fun stuff . but not long after being assigned to assurance the navy decided to change it over to a different type of ship that looked for Russian submarines instead . so all of the anti mine equipment was removed and specialized sonar equipment was installed .

[IRON]

I go aboard my first mine sweeper in march

[TheJagjr]

My father and uncle were both on MSS1 an experimental NAVAL DEVICE. commissioned in the late 60's it was full of blown in closed cell foam and then the hull was flooded in order to keep it from capsizing from buckled hull plates it was made from the HARRY L GLUCKMAN a 500ft liberty ship and powered by (5) GMC 12-71 diesels running 360 degree harbor master pinion drives it could hold itself stationary in the ocean currents and had AC powered electrics and could pulse currents to create the correct magnetic signatures to detonate mines designed for AIR CRAFT CARRIERS down to Destroyers. Dad was on from 67-71 after blowing up crap in the Dry Tortugas and the gulf of Mexico the ship was sent to Vietnam in late 1971.- 72 plenty of info and photos of plumes of water obstructing the view of the ship on NAV SOURCE

[TheElizabethtarantin]

FOR A SECOND 0:57 looked like COVID CELLS FLOATING AROUND ON A STRING CHAIN just as deadly...

[jy]

6:52 That's Taiwanese Navy, not PLA Navy.

[jamesbutler]

Wooden ships and iron men. Proud minesweeper sailor

[artistjoh]

Huh. I have always known that the Australian Navy Huon Class are mine hunters, but I always thought it was just a name variation and that hunter/sweeper were interchangeable. I now know how uninformed I was.

[Klonoa]

I watched a video about a type of warship named the minecraft.

[pedzsan]

I still don't know how a minesweeper works or really what it does... I just know what it doesn't do. (I guess).

[nowy]

Baltic Sea is the best reservoir to place mines.

[christiansmith]

Bullshit we hunt and clear mlnes 509, USS Tripoli became support after she hit a mine