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A neglected component of the US Fleet for decades, the first Gulf
War revealed a new need for ships capable of both laying mines and
detecting/destroying enemy mines.
Show
here is the USS Cardinal MHC 60, of the new Osprey class.
These coastal minehunters have plastic hulls reinforced with glass, and are
designed solely for mine hunting. Nobody can clear a harbor faster than
these crews! Click on the thumbnail image for a larger view, then click
your browser's BACK button to return here. Be sure to select a specific ship and print options
when ordering!
Depicted
here is the USS Guardian MCM 5, one of Avenger Class
minesweepers. These mine countermeasures ships were the first large
minesweepers under construction for the US Navy since the 1950s. Click on the thumbnail image for a
larger view, then click your browser's BACK button to return here. Please specify
your desired ship and print
options when ordering.
Shown
here is the USS Pinnacle MSO 462. Click on the thumbnail
image for a larger view, then click your browser's BACK button to return
here. Be sure to select a ship and print options when ordering!
The
Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ships entered service in the early 1990's,
primarily to support the US Special Operations Command. By early 2000,
they had been transferred over to the US Coast Guard. Shown here is the
USS Squall PC 7. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view,
then click your browser's BACK button to return here. Be sure to
select a ship and print options when ordering!
Shown
here is the USS Welch PG 93. This is an older file.
All our current profile drawings include the US flag, ship's statistics,
builder's plaque, and SWO/ESWS pins as appropriate. Click on the thumbnail
image for a larger view, then click your browser's BACK button to return
here.
The
Pegasus Class hydrofoils were originally planned and built to conduct sea
control operations in restricted areas. But from their completion,
they were used primarily in anti-drug operations throughout the Caribbean.
Shown here is the USS Aries PHM 5. Click on the thumbnail for a larger
view, then click your browser's BACK button to return here. Be sure to
select a specific ship and print options when ordering!
Before
they were transferred to the Coast Guard in 1966, the US Navy operated a fleet
of icebreakers. Shown here is an older print of the USS Staten
Island AGB 5. Since George completed this drawing, we've added a
US flag, commissioning pennant, builder's plaque, and ship's stats to all
profile drawings. Though we don't have an image right now, these would
appear on every profile. George has also done these ships in their
US Coast Guard Configurations. Be sure to select a ship and print options when
ordering!
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